Canon has filed a new patent for a 100x zoom lens for compact cameras. The new patent describes a 100x zoom lens with a focal range of 3.6mm to 340mm.
Canon is already rumored to announce new powershot cameras at the Consumer Electronics Show 2014 which will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada in January 7-10. One of them is the Canon’s big zoom range Powershot SX60 HS compact camera. The SX50 HS replacement, the Powershot SX60 HS is almost clear that we will see it at the show.
Canon 100x Zoom PowerShot SX Camera Coming Soon
This is a new patent and Canon develop this patent and use this 100x zoom lens on their Powershot compact series. See below for the patent details.
Patent Publication No. 2013-242430,2013-242431
- Publication date 2013.12.5
- Filing date 2012.5.21
Example 2
- Zoom ratio 48.37
- Focal length f = 4.30-13.30-208.00mm
- Fno. 2.87-5.00-7.07
- Half angle ω = 37.77-16.25-1.07 °
- 94.75-94.56-138.99mm overall length of the lens
- BF 10.40-19.43-10.43mm
- 13 pieces of 10-group lens configuration
- Two four-sided aspherical
Example 5
- Zoom ratio 94.44
- Focal length f = 3.60-14.51-340.00mm
- Fno. 3.50-5.00-9.00
- Half angle ω = 42.12-14.95-0.65 °
- 95.91-97.40-165.41mm overall length of the lens
- BF 10.48-21.86-2.28mm
- 13 pieces of 10-group lens configuration
- Three 5-sided aspherical
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