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Olympus 70mm f/2.8 and 100mm f/4.5 Lens Patents

Egami has spotted new Olympus patents filed in Japan. The patent includes two new macro lenses for micro four thirds cameras. The new Olympus MFT lenses are the 70mm f/2.8 and…

Konica 8-17mm f/2.8 Micro Four Thirds Lens Patent

Egami has spotted a new MFT lens patent filed by Konica-Minolta. Konica 8-17mm f/2.8 lens patent is designed for the Micro Four Thirds system cameras. The new lens patent focal length corresponding to the 16-35mm wide-angle…

Tokina 70-200mm FX Lens Patent

Egami has spotted a new Tokina patent filed in Japan. The new patent includes Tokina 70-200mm FX lens. There is no information for the lens aperture. Tokina has showed 70-200mm F4 FX lens at…

Nikon 50mm f/1.2 and 60mm f/1.2 Lens Patents

Nikon filed new patents in Japan. New patents include the Nikon Nikon 50mm f/1.2 and 60mm f/1.2 lenses. Nikon has patents filed for the 50mm f/1.2 lens with different variations of…

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 IS Lens Patent

Canon filed a patent for a new prime lens. The new patent includes Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 IS USM lens and could be the replacement of the current 50mm f/1.4 lens. A…

Canon Patents 45mm f/2.8, 40mm f/2.8, 35mm f/2.8, 28mm f/2.8 Pancake Lenses

Canon filed new pancake lens patens. The new patent details include 45mm f/2.8, 40mm f/2.8, 35mm f/2.8, 28mm f/2.8 pancake lenses. Currently Canon has two pancake lenses in their line-up, they are…

Tamron 90mm f/2.8 and Sigma 180mm f/2.8 Macro Lens Patents

Egami spotted two new patents filed in Japan. The new patents include Tamron 90mm f/2.8 and the Sigma 180mm f/2.8 macro lenses. It is not clear if both macro lens patents for the former  Tamron SP 90mm F/2.8…

Olympus M.Zuiko 40-200mm f/4 Lens Patent

Olympus filed a new lens patent for micro four thirds cameras. New patent includes Olympus M.Zuiko 40-200mm f/4 lens which is a new MFT lens with focal range of 40-200mm and constant…

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 and EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 Lens Patents

Egami has discovered new patents filed by Canon. The new Canon patents is for zoom lenses. One of them is Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 and the other one is named as Canon EF 70-300mm…

Canon 85mm f/1.2 , 85mm f/1.8 , 135mm f/2 , 50mm f/1.4 Lens Patent

Egami has discovered new patents filed by Canon. The new patents is for prime lenses range of 50mm, 85mm and 135mm. Patent includes Canon 85mm f/1.2, 85mm f/1.8, 135mm f/2 and 50mm f/1.4…

Tamron 135mm F2.8 VC Lens Patent for APS-C Cameras

Egami spotted a new patent filed by Tamron. The new patent is for a telephoto lens and named as Tamron 135mm F2.8 VC. This lens features 135mm focal length, f/2.8 maximum aperture…

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS II USM Lens Patent

Egami, the Japanese Photography blog spotted a new Canon lens patent. Patent covers the new Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS II USM lens. This lens will be the next iteration…