Tag Archives: Patents

The latest Canon news/rumors

By PR admin | Published: July 13, 2012

Canon made several headlines in the past few days – there is a Canon Rebel T4i product advisory about defective rubber grips that could cause skin allergies or irritation and another product advisory for the EXIF data of the Rebel T4i.  There could be also some issues with the EF-S 18-135 IS STM lens. This video […]

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Canon’s patent adds image stabilization to the 24-70mm f/2.8L lens

By PR admin | Published: July 10, 2012

Canon’s patent 2012123156 adds image stabilization to the 24-70mm f/2.8L lens. Canon has filed 24-70mm f/2.8 lens patents in the past, but this is the first time they added IS to the lens design. Canon recently announced the EF 24-70 f/2.8L II lens, so another update is not likely to come out soon.

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The latest lens patents from Ricoh and Olympus

By PR admin | Published: July 6, 2012

Ricoh filed a patent 2012128045 for 14mm f/2.5 and 19mm f/2.5 lenses (28mm and 35mm equivalent). The interesting part is that the 19mm lens is designed for an APS-C camera (the 14mm lens is for a 4/3inch sensor). It is not clear from the patent if those lenses are designed for the GXR system or for a future GR model that will come with an APS-C […]

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The latest patents from Canon, Panasonic and Pentax

By PR admin | Published: July 2, 2012

Canon filed a patent 2012123155 for a 35mm f/1.4 lens: Patent released date: June 28, 2012 Patent filing date: December 8th, 2010 Focal length: 34.73mm Aperture: 1.45 Half angle of view: 31.92 deg Image height: 21.64mm Length: 128.11mm Back focus: 38.48mm Lens diameter: 52.03mm Lens design: 12 elements in 9 groups sheet, 2 aspherical elements

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Third mirrorless APS-C lens patent from Pentax: 16-55mm f/3.5-5.6

By PR admin | Published: June 22, 2012

After the 18-70mm f/3.5-7.1 and 18-55mm f/3.5-6.7 lens patents, Pentax filed another patent in Japan for a 16-55mm f/3.5-5.6 APS-C mirrorless lens:

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Pentax 18-55mm f/3.5-6.7 mirrorless APS-C lens patent

By PR admin | Published: June 8, 2012

Pentax filed a patent 2012-10830 in Japan for a 18-55mm f/3.5-6.7 lens (28-80mm equivalent) for APS-C mirrorless camera (like the K-01 or maybe for a new mirrorless model):

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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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