Canon has just filed a new patent for 9-17mm f/3.5-5 STM Lens. This is a wide angle zoom lens for Canon mirrorless cameras.
There are a lot of EOS M patents filed in 2016. It seems at least one higher end EOS M camera will be announced soon!
Detail translated by Google:
- Patent Publication No. 2016-85259
- Published 2016.5.19
- Filing date 2014.10.23
- Example
- Zoom ratio 1.79
- Focal length 9.27 13.32 16.58
- F-number 3.60 4.38 5.11
- Half angle (in degrees) 51.83 45.17 38.94
- Image height 11.79 13.40 13.40
- Overall length of the lens 85.22 79.65 81.94
- BF 14.99 16.82 15.41
Source: EGAMI
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