Tag Archives: Patents

The latest patents from Olympus, Canon and Tamron

By PR admin | Published: August 5, 2015

→ Olympus filed a patent for a two-layer sensor with a built-in polarizing filter. → Canon got a new patent filed in Japan for a 50mm f/1.4 lens.

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The latest patents from Sigma, Canon and Sony

By PR admin | Published: July 19, 2015

→ Sigma filed a patent for a 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM (FLD) Art lens with zero distortion. → Canon has a new patent applications for a lubricating camera body cap.

Posted in Canon, Sigma, Sony | Tagged | 18 Comments

The latest patents: Canon EF 24-105mm f/3.5-5.6 STM and Tamron 24mm f/2 VC lenses and a new Toshiba sensor design

By PR admin | Published: July 6, 2015

  → Canon filed a patent for a EF 24-105mm f/3.5-5.6 STM and EF-S 15-105mm f/2.8-5.6 STM lenses. → Tamron has a patent for a new 24mm f/2 VC full frame lens designed for DSLR cameras.

Posted in Canon, Tamron, Toshiba | Tagged | 3 Comments

Canon 10mm f/2.8L USM full frame lens and other patents from Canon, Sony and Olympus

By PR admin | Published: June 20, 2015

→ Is Canon getting into the drone business? A recently filed patent describes how to control the angle of the vertical and horizontal direction of the camera and how to analyze coordinates from GPS satellite. → Canon filed a patent for a full frame Canon 10mm f/2.8L USM lens (not a fisheye). → Canon filed a patent to […]

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Canon patents the world’s first tilt-shift zoom lens with image stabilization (IS) and macro capabilities

By PR admin | Published: May 29, 2015

Canon filed a patent for a tilt-shift lens with image stabilization (IS). Currently there are no other tilt-shift lenses with IS on the market. The lens design reveals two different IS systems – one for the tilt and one for the shift. What is even more intersting: the technical documentation even describes zoom and macro capabilities […]

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The latest patents from Ricoh, Tamron, Olympus and Canon

By PR admin | Published: May 27, 2015

→ Pentax/Ricoh filed a patent for a new AF system where the AF points will cover a wide area of the frame. This is probably linked to one of the rumors that the new Pentax full frame DSLR camera will have a new “groundbreaking AF function”. → Tamron filed a patent for a 85mm f/1.8 VC designed […]

Posted in Canon, Olympus, Pentax, Ricoh, Tamron | Tagged | 10 Comments

New patents: Canon 35mm f/1.4 and Sony FE 55mm f/1.8 lenses

By PR admin | Published: April 30, 2015

Two new patents from Canon and Sony: → New Canon 35mm f/1.4 lens patent was filed in Japan. → Sony filed a patent for a FE 55mm f/1.8 full frame mirrorless lens.

Posted in Canon, Sony | Tagged | 12 Comments