Tag Archives: Patents

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:

Posted in Tamron| Tagged | 11 Comments

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 […]

Posted in Olympus, Panasonic| Tagged | 4 Comments

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.

Posted in Apple, Panasonic, Pentax| Tagged | 3 Comments

Patent for a new Olympus 17mm f/2.8 lens (plus the latest Canon patents)

By PR admin | Published: March 3, 2012
Canon 24mm f/2.8 lens patent

Olympus filed a patent 201237640 in Japan for a new 17mm f/2.8 lens. The current Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm f/2.8 pancake lens ($299.99) was announced on June 16, 2009. The newly patented lens will have 7 elements in 5 groups compared to 6 elements in 4 groups in the current model.

Posted in Canon, Olympus| Tagged | 2 Comments

The latest patents from Canon and Panasonic

By PR admin | Published: February 20, 2012

Canon patents for a 400mm f/4, 200mm f/5.6, 300mm f/4 lenses. The next Canon patent is for a 18-45mm f/3.5-5.6 lens for a APS-C mirrorless camera:

Posted in Canon, Panasonic| Also tagged , | 10 Comments

Sony develops next-generation back-illuminated CMOS sensor with RGBW coding and HDR movie function, Canon files a patent for a large BSI sensor

By PR admin | Published: January 23, 2012

Today Sony announced their next generation back-illuminated CMOS sensor with “RGBW Coding” that will enabling clear shooting in low light conditions: The new sensor features also a new HDR Movie function: Canon recently also filed a patent (2012-15275) for a large size back-illuminated CMOS sensor.

Posted in Canon, Sony| Tagged | 9 Comments

Canon 55-110mm f/2.0 lens patent

By PR admin | Published: January 19, 2012

Canon filed a patent 2012-8344 in Japan for a 55-110mm f/2.0 zoom lens:

Posted in Canon| Tagged | 11 Comments

This week Kodak is suing Samsung

By PR admin | Published: January 18, 2012

Last week Kodak filed a lawsuit against Fujifilm for patents infringement. This week it’s Samsung’s turn. Any guesses who is going to be sued next week? Here are both press releases – I have hyperlinked the related patents:

Posted in Fuji, Kodak, Samsung| Tagged | 6 Comments

The latest patents from Olympus and Canon

By PR admin | Published: January 16, 2012

Olympus filed patent 2012-3077 in Japan for a 6-24mm f/2.7-6.1 (28-112mm equivalent) and a 6-30mm f/2.4-6.8 (28-140mm equivalent) lenses:      

Posted in Canon, Olympus| Tagged | 3 Comments

Panasonic also files patent for an organic sensor

By PR admin | Published: December 27, 2011

Similar to Fujifilm, Panasonic also filed a patent 2011-258729 in Japan for an organic sensor that can change the thickness of the organic film by changing the wavelength. Here is a machine generated translation of the patent description taken from the Japanese Patent Office:

Posted in Panasonic| Also tagged , , | 7 Comments