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One thing that Canon has done well with the RF mount is its normal zoom range with the likes of the RF 28-70mm f/2.0L, RF 24-70mm F2.8L, RF 28-70mm f/2.8 STM, RF 24-105mm f/4L, RF 24-105mm F2.8L, and finally the RF 24-104mm F4-7.1 STM. Whew. In this patent application (2024-160458) Canon is exploring the designs […]
In a long list of related patent applications, we have yet another patent application (2024-157119) one that deals with Canon’s ever-growing body of research into automatically controlled and camera-adjusted tilt-shift lenses. Sooner or later these things will come out because, at this stage, research continuing across multiple years and not coming out would be a […]
In this patent application (2024-154138), Canon hits the ground running on some downright jaw-dropping lovely zooms. Will we see any? I hope so, but I’m sure someone out there will complain about them being too expensive and too heavy. Going by the embodiments, these will be both. Canon sets up the problem domain that this […]
We have seen a lot of patents on this technology from Canon and in this patent application (2024-148923) it appears as if they are working still on the goal of providing us with completely electronic tilt-shift lenses with autofocus. We have discussed quite a few patent applications about this in the past including; The patent […]