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Cosina/Voigtlander has patents for 60mm f/0.95, 27mm f/0.95, and 17mm f/0.95 lenses

Cosina/Voigtlander has a new NOKTON 60mm f/0.95 lens patent application. There are also examples of 27mm f/0.95 and 17mm f/0.95 lenses with different design configurations (source: Japan patent application, via Asobinet).

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Sony is trying to get a patent for noise-canceling drones

Sony announced their drone business (Sony Airpeak) almost 2 years ago, but we have not heard any details since. Sony is now trying to get a patent for noise-canceling drones:

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Latest Cosina patents indicate new Voigtlander APO-LANTHAR 25mm, 75mm and 135mm lenses?

Cosina has new patents for 25mm f/2, 75mm f/1.8, 135mm f/2, and 135mm f/1.2 lenses: Cosina’s patent application was published on March 18, 2021. There are some examples such as “APO-LANTHAR 50mm F2”, but some of them are interesting such as “135mm F2” and “135mm F1.2”. Voigtlander recently announced several new APO-LANTHAR lenses for Leica […]

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Yongnuo’s patent for a new modular mobile mirrorless camera

Yongnuo has a patent for a new modular, mobile mirrorless camera system with interchangeable lens modules (similar to their exiting YN450 camera):

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Olympus has a drone patent

Olympus has a new patent (US 10,356,294) for a drone – here is the patent description with some of the drawings from the patent application:

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The latest Canon EOS RF mirrorless lens patents (part 4)

The latest Canon EOS RF mirrorless lens patents (see previously reported patents here):

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New Canon RF 8mm f/4 circular fisheye lens patent (part 3)

Canon filed a new patent for an RF 8mm f/4 circular fisheye lens: Focal length: 8.10 mm F-number: 4.00 Half angle of view: 90.84 Image height: 11.50 mm Lens length: 66.13 mm Back focus: 13.21 mm More Canon EOS RF mirrorless lens patents can be found here:

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The latest Canon EOS RF mirrorless lens patents (part 2)

The latest Canon EOS RF mirrorless lens patents (part 2):

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