Canon Developers Discuss Designing the EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM

Canon Asia has posted an interview article with the developers of the Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM. The developers initially thought it would be impossible to design such a lens and keep it under 1 kg in weight and have a compact design. When the product planning...

The Most Rented Gear of 2017 at Lensrentals.com, Canon Dominates

Lensrentals.com has released their yearly list of the most rented gear in their inventory. Not surprisingly, the list is dominated by Canon and Sony. 1 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II 11 Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS 2 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II 12 Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS...

Patent: More SuperTelephoto Patent Applications Appear

We’ve been told that Canon will announce at least 2 new “big white” lenses in 2018. This is a World Cup year and the event may be used for testing the final versions of the lenses. The new patents seem to be geared towards further weight reduction of...

Patent: Canon EF-M 9-18mm f/4-5.6

A new ultrawide zoom lens for APS-C EOS M cameras has appeared. This may be a replacement for the excellent EF-M 11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM. The only knock against that lens is that it’s not wide enough. Image Stabilization is not part of the patent, which is a...

Patent: More Ultra Wide Zoom Lens Patents

Canon is clearly working on new ultra wide zoom lenses to add to the lineup, we have yesterdays patent showing a EF 17-35mm f/4-5.6 IS STM and today we see a patent application that covers 6 different ultra wide angle zoom optical formulas for APS-C sensors. Optical...