Tag Archives: Patents

The latest patents from Olympus, Ricoh and Canon

By PR admin | Published: December 1, 2011
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Patent 2011242520 from Olympus describes several different wide angle lenses: 8mm f/3.5 fisheye, 12mm f/1.8, 12mm f/2.8, 10mm f/2.8 and 12mm f/2.0:

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Fuji organic sensor, Casio circle panorama and Olympus phase detection AF patents

By PR admin | Published: November 16, 2011
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Fuji was granted a patent 8053661 for an organic sensor. Some readers speculated yesterday that this sensor may be used in the upcoming Fuji LX mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. From the patent’s summary: An object of the present invention is to provide an organic photoelectric conversion layer exhibiting high photoelectric conversion efficiency, low dark current and high-speed responsivity, [...]

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The latest patents from Olympus, Fuji, Canon and Sony

By PR admin | Published: November 4, 2011
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Olympus filed a patent 2011209377 for 10mm f/2.8, 12mm f/2.8 and 12mm f/2.0 lenses:

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The latest patents from Canon and Panasonic

By PR admin | Published: October 12, 2011
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Canon 180mm f/3.5 Macro lens patent (2011191743): Canon 65mm f/2.8 Macro lens patent (2011191743):

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Patents update (Canon, Sigma and Panasonic)

By PR admin | Published: September 27, 2011

Canon patent for lens with aperture ring: Canon 100-400mm f/4-5.6 lens patent:

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The latest photography related patents from Canon and Olympus

By PR admin | Published: September 11, 2011

Olympus patent for contrast AF mount adapter: Canon patent for wireless TTL flash and multi camera sync:  

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Latest patents from Panasonic, Olympus, Pentax, Canon and Samsung

By PR admin | Published: September 3, 2011

Panasonic patent for RGB color separation Panasonic patent for extending zoom range by cropping (digital zoom) Panasonic patent for reflective mirror AF to improve speed Panasonic patent for bouncing flash unit Olympus patent for global shutter Olympus patent to achieve a very fast flash sync speed Pentax patent for a sensor that reduces ghosting Canon [...]

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Latest patents from Canon, Cosina, Panasonic and Samsung

By PR admin | Published: August 3, 2011

Canon’s patent 2011-145518 for a 16-35mm f/2.8 lens: Publication date: Jule 28th, 2011 Patent filing date: January 15th, 2010 Focal length: 16.48 – 33.95 mm Aperture: 2.91 Half angle of view: 52.70 – 32.51 ° 4 aspherical elements Zoom ratio: 2.06

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