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Canon EF 600mm f/4 DO IS USM Lens Patent

Canon has filed a patent for a super-telephoto prime lens in Japan. The new patent describes the EF 600mm f/4 DO IS lens designed for full-frame Canon DSLRs. It has a focal length of 600mm and…

Canon Patent For PowerShot 3.8-380mm f/2.3-7 Lens

Canon has filed a new patent in Japan. The application shows of a design for 3.8-380mm f/2.3-7 lens. As you might guess this lens is designed for a PowerShot compact camera. We…

Patent : Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L IS USM Lens with Built-in 1.4x and 1.7x Extender

Canon has filed a new patent in Japan. From the application its the EF 400mm f/2.8L IS USM lens with built-in 1.4x and 1.7x extender. We can see that this new…

Sigma Patent for 8mm f/1.8 Fisheye MFT Lens

Sigma has filed a new patent in Japan. The new patent refers to a bright 8mm f/1.8 Fisheye designed for Micro Four Thirds cameras. A bright ultra wide-angle prime such as Sigma 8mm f/1.8…

Tamron 60mm f/2.8 Macro VC Full Frame Lens Patent

Tamron filed a new zoom lens patent in Japan. The new patent describes the Tamron 60mm f/2.8 Macro VC lens designed for cameras with full-frame image sensors. Tamron has many good high maginifcation lenses…

Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di II VC USD Lens Patent

Tamron has filed a patent for a new wide-angle zoom lens in Japan. The new patent describes the Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di II VC USD lens designed for full-frame DSLRs. The optic in the patent application features a…

Canon EF 40-800mm f/4.5-5.6 Lens Patent

Canon has filed a patent for a new zoom lens in Japan. The new optic describes the EF 40-800mm f/4.5-5.6 telephoto zoom model. Looks like an all-in-one lens, it is designed for Canon digital SLR…

Olympus 28mm f/1.4 Full Frame Mirrorless Lens Patent

Olympus has patented a new prime optic in Japan. It is the Olympus 28mm f/1.4 lens designed for full frame mirrorless cameras. This could refer to a future product like an Olympus full-frame mirrorless camera…

Canon Patent for EF 70-200mm F2.8 DO Lens

Canon has patented a new telephoto zoom lens in Japan. The new patent describes the EF 70-200mm F2.8 DO lens designed for Canon DSLRs with full-frame image sensors. The company already has a telephoto lens for the…

Canon patent for EF 24-105mm f/4 zoom lens

Canon has patented a new zoom lens in Japan. The new optic describes the EF 24-105mm f/4 standard zoom model designed for Canon DSLRs with full-frame image sensors. This is a standard zoom lens with…

Fujifilm XF 16mm F1.8 lens patent

Fujifilm has patented a new XF 16mm F1.8 wide-angle lens designed for APS-c size sensor X-mount cameras. The new wide-angle prime optic would be the f/1.8 version of the current XF…

Sigma Issues Statement About EOS-1D X Mark II Compatibility

Sigma has announced that three of its lenses are not fully compatible with Canon’s new flagship EOS-1D X Mark II DLSR camera model. These lenses are the 20mm F1.4 DG HSM Art, 35mm F1.4…