Tag Archives: Patents

The latest patents from Olympus, Fuji, Canon and Sony

By PR admin | Published: November 4, 2011

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

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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New Canon mirrorless camera adapter patent

By PR admin | Published: July 15, 2011

Canon filed a patent 2011-107255 in Japan for a mount adapter with a built-in aperture. The adapter will have  means of communication between the camera and the lens. The aperture in the adapter can be controlled electronically. The camera body on the diagram resembles some kind of  a mirrorless solution.

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The latest patents from Panasonic, Sony, Canon and Samsung

By PR admin | Published: July 11, 2011

Those are the latest patents from: Panasonic, Sony, Canon and Samsung. Panasonic filed a patent for a camera with a retractable grip and swivel LCD screen: Here is another patent from Panasonic for a different type of swivel LCD screen:  

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Canon updates

By PR admin | Published: June 12, 2011

Canon is building new plants in Taiwan to meet growing DSLR demand. Canon Australia announced a new limited edition Red EOS 1100D Kit. Similar to Nikon, a major product announcement is expected from Canon in August (1Ds Mark IV and three lenses). The Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens is the best selling lens in Japan for the […]

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The latest lens patents from Sony, Sigma, Panasonic, Pentax and Canon

By PR admin | Published: May 13, 2011

1. The first patent (2011-064919, permalink not possible to Japanese patent database) is from Sony for the upcoming 30mm f/2.8 NEX lens: Here are some excerpts from the patent: “In an imaging lens system which consists of a lens system of 4 group… It is a macro lens inner focus type”. 2. Sigma filed a patent in […]

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Olympus 6-24mm f/1.8-3.8 lens patent

By PR admin | Published: April 26, 2011

Olympus filed a patent in Japan for a 6-24mm f/1.8-3.8 lens designed for a point and shoot camera (28-112mm equivalent): The ZX-1 has a similar i.Zuiko 6-24mm f/1.8-2.5 lens. Maybe Olympus is thinking of introducing a lower level P&S camera with a wide f/1.8 aperture.

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New patents from Fuji, Canon and Hoya

By PR admin | Published: April 20, 2011

FujiFilm filed a patent in Japan for a three layer image sensor with improved color reproduction and high sensitivity. In a recent Q&A session FujiFilm acknowledged that the sensor in the X100 is their own creation. The latest DxOMark test showed that the Fuji X100 sensor outperforms most of the DSLR cameras on the market today: Pentax K7, K-x […]

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