Tag Archives: Patents

Tamron patents image stabilizing teleconverter

By PR admin | Published: February 21, 2011

Tamron filed a patent for a teleconverter with a built-in image stabilization. This will allow to add image stabilization to any existing/old lens by just adding this teleconverter. The teleconverter range was listed as x0.9 – x1.5. The patent describes also a switch that can turn on/off the image stabilization. Update: this patent was filed back in […]

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Canon patents new 300mm f/4 lens

By PR admin | Published: February 14, 2011

Canon filed a patent in Japan for a new 300mm f/4 lens: For comparison, here is the current Canon EF300mm F4L IS USM design (1997):

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Pentax patents telephoto lens that can be taken apart for easy transportation

By PR admin | Published: February 4, 2011

Update: Nikon has done something similar in the past. Pentax filed a patent for a telephoto lens that can be disassembled into two or more pieces for easy transportation: “Since lens barrel length is long and the whole weight of the lens barrel of super telephoto lenses is large, if it really which cannot separate such a lens […]

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Sony patents foldable grip camera

By PR admin | Published: February 2, 2011

Sony US patent 7871206 is for a compact camera with foldable grip: “Imaging apparatus, such as digital still cameras, have been reduced in size and thickness. Such an imaging apparatus includes an apparatus body having a flat, substantially box-like shape, an imaging lens provided on the front side of the apparatus body, and a display […]

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Canon patents 16-35mm f/2-2.8 lens

By PR admin | Published: January 20, 2011

Canon filed a patent in Japan for a new 16-35mm f/2-2.8 lens: The design is very similar to the current EF 16-35mm f/2.8L lens:

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Pentax files a patent for a DA*25-350mm F3.3-5.6ED [IF] SDM lens

By PR admin | Published: January 13, 2011

Similar to Nikon, Pentax filed a patent for a high-powered zoom lens DA*25-350mm F3.3-5.6ED [IF] SDM:

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Fuji’s patent for a camera with removable grip

By PR admin | Published: December 27, 2010

Fuji’s latest patent is for a camera with removable/adjustable grip:

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Sony patents translucent mirror for a compact camera

By PR admin | Published: December 21, 2010

Sony applied for a patent for a translucent mirror in a camera without a viewfinder. According to the patent’s summary, the composition will be done through the LCD display: “In recent single-lens reflex digital cameras, a display such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel is disposed on the back of a camera body such that an image inputted […]

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