.Canon has released licenses for five new lenses in Japan. The patents were actually 1st accepted the Eastern License Office in January 2023 and also officially released this week.
Wide-angle zooms.
2 of Canon's recently released patents are of what are actually referred to as portable wide-angle zoom lens. The lens deal with the zoom series of 15-28 mm and also 17-30 mm. Both lenses likewise possess a consistent vast optimum eye of f/2.8. Canon currently helps make 14-35 mm f/4 IS and also 15-35 mm f/2.8 is actually lenses in its own L-Series along with identical focal duration varieties. Offered Canon's use the term "sleek" to illustrate these lenses, maybe that the patents will certainly ship smaller or even lighter lenses.
Patent for a 17-30mm f/2.8 lens. Image good behavior: Canon.
Telephoto zooms.
Canon's three various other brand-new patents all associate with telephoto zoom lenses. The patents cover lenses with the focal size varieties of 70-300 mm, 300-600 mm as well as 400-600 mm. Just like the wide-angle zoom patents, the telephoto zoom lenses are actually designed to have a small style. The 70-300 mm lense has a steady maximum eye of f/4. Nevertheless, the other 2 lenses are actually revealed as possessing adjustable f/2.8 -4.5 maximum apertures.
Patent for a 300-600mm f/2.8 -4.5 lense. Photo courtesy: Canon.
Lens mounts.
The licenses cover the visual layout of the lens as well as don't signify the lens mount. Having said that, one of the most probably choice would be actually Canon's radio frequency mount. Moreover, Kengo Iezuka, that manages organizing lenses at Canon, provided a meeting regarding radio frequency lenses just recently. In the course of the interview, Iezuka claimed, "There are actually still several lenses that have actually certainly not been launched to the globe. I can not discuss the specifics, however there are lenses with general requirements, and also lens along with specs that have certainly never been actually viewed prior to and also no person can think of however.".
What we believe.
Till recently, Canon has avoided other suppliers coming from making RF mount lens. Now the company is actually starting to open up the marketplace to various other lense producers, Canon requires to maintain introducing. The brand new licenses show that Canon is working hard to develop impressive brand new lens for its RF position electronic cameras. However, as constantly, where licenses are actually concerned, it is actually additionally necessary to remember that the process is performed predominantly to secure technological growth. The enrollment of a patent does not regularly result in a product pertaining to market.