Tag Archives: Patents

Ricoh patents an impact resistant lens cap

By PR admin | Published: May 23, 2012

Ricoh filed a patent 2012-93611 in Japan for an impact resistant lens cap. Here is the translated description taken from the Japanese Patent Office:

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Canon patents for 600mm f/4 and 400mm f/2.8 lenses

By PR admin | Published: May 23, 2012

Canon filed a patent (2012-88427) in Japan for 600mm f/4 and 400mm f/2.8 lenses:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: May 13, 2012

Adobe Creative Cloud is now live, here are the different pricing options: Canon filed a patent application in Japan for automatic tracking of celestial objects by shifting the sensor. Canon recently announced the EOS 60Da DSLR camera tailored for astronomy photography. Canon also filed a patent that will allow photographers to obscure some of the embedded EXIF data for privacy.

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New Olympus 12-120mm f/4-5.6 lens patent

By PR admin | Published: May 9, 2012

Olympus filed a patent in Japan for a 12-120mm f/4-5.6 lens with several different variations:

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Panasonic files a patent for in-camera image stabilization

By PR admin | Published: April 17, 2012

Panasonic has a pending patent in Japan for in-camera image stabilization system. This solution will also prove image stabilization for third party lenses.

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Olympus filed patent for 14mm, 16mm, 17mm, 18mm and 22mm f/2.8 pancake lenses

By PR admin | Published: April 9, 2012

 Olympus filed a patent 201268448 in Japan for a whole series of f/2.8 pancake lenses: 14mm, 16mm, 17mm, 18mm and 22mm. I don’t think Olympus will ever announce all of those products – manufacturers often file patents for multiple lens versions/calculations and release only one model at the end.

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Pentax 12-24mm f/3.5-4.5 lens patent

By PR admin | Published: April 2, 2012

In addition to a patent for the already announced 25mm f/4 medium format lens, Pentax recently also filed a patent 201263756 in Japan for a APS-C sized 12-24mm f/3.5-4.5 lens (Pentax already has a 12-24mm f/4 lens):

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Canon patents for a 16-35mm f/2.8 lens and 2.8x teleconverter

By PR admin | Published: March 29, 2012

Patent application 201263568 is for a new 16-35mm f/2.8 lens from Canon. The patent also includes calculations for a 17-35mm f/2.8-4 and 16-35mm f/2-2.8 lenses. The interesting part is that Nikon recently also filed a patent for a new 16-35mm f/2.8 lens.

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Here is something interesting: patent for an universal underwater camera housing

By PR admin | Published: March 29, 2012

I came across this patent application 20120008928 for an universal underwater camera housing. Most of the current models from companies like Amphibico, Nauticam and Ikelite are very expensive and made for just a specific camera model – once you upgrade it, you will also need to buy a new housing. From the patent application:

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Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 lens patent

By PR admin | Published: March 23, 2012

Tamron filed a patent in Japan for a new 70-200mm f/2.8 lens that will probably be an update of their current version. Tokina recently announced a new AT-X 70-200mm f/4 PRO IF FX lens and this is probably Tamron’s response. The details:

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Panasonic 12-60mm f/4.5-5.6 and Olympus 150mm f/2.8 lens patent

By PR admin | Published: March 19, 2012

Panasonic filed a patent (201247813) in Japan for a 12-60mm f/4.5-5.6 Micro Four Thirds lens: Patent release date: March 8th, 2012 Patent filed on: August 24th, 2010 Focal length: 58.1999-12.3599mm Aperture: 4.63557-5.76853 Angle of view: 10.1280-4.3446 deg. Zoom ratio: 4.70875 Lens design: 11 elements in 8 groups 1 ED glass element 5 aspherical elements Optical […]

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The latest patents from Pentax and Panasonic

By PR admin | Published: March 12, 2012

Pentax filed a patent 201048084 in Japan for a 90mm f/2.8 (medium format) and 60mm f/2.8 (full frame) macro lenses.

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