by Canon Rumors | Apr 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
This has certainly been a very busy week for interesting patents. Canon News found another interesting one, it looks to be a development of an OVF/EVF viewfinder for a Cinema EOS camera. From Canon News: The mirror is cut out around the sensor, and an EVF is used to...
by Canon Rumors | Apr 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
I’ve never been a big fan of Canon’s EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS (terrible zoom creep, dust collector, not all that good optically) and would very much like to see a replacement, which I think is long overdue. Japan Patent Application 2018-54990 shows...
by Canon Rumors | Apr 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Northlight has also uncovered a patent from the USPTO showing improved chromatic aberration and field curvature. A bunch of prime lenses, including a new EF 50mm f/1.2L (shown above) optical formula are referenced.
by Canon Rumors | Apr 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Northlight has uncovered a lot of new lens patents from the USPTO, some of the more interesting ones include new glass types for various long lenses, including an example for a new EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS. A lens we think still has a chance at coming later this year....
by Canon Rumors | Apr 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Northlight has found a USPTO patent showing new Canon teleconverters in development. Three different teleconverters are mentioned: TC 1.4x TC 1.8x TC 2.0x Canon News has also uncovered the teleconverter patent in Japan. Japan Patent Application 2018-54991
