.Canon has posted licenses for five brand-new lenses in Asia. The licenses were actually 1st undergone the Japanese License Office in January 2023 and formally published recently.
Wide-angle zooms.
2 of Canon's freshly published licenses are actually for what are referred to as compact wide-angle zoom lens. The lenses cover the zoom series of 15-28 mm and also 17-30 mm. Each lenses additionally possess a constant broad max eye of f/2.8. Canon actually helps make 14-35 mm f/4 IS and 15-35 mm f/2.8 is actually lenses in its L-Series with identical focal size assortments. Offered Canon's use the phrase "compact" to illustrate these lens, maybe that the licenses are going to ship smaller sized or lighter lenses.
License for a 17-30mm f/2.8 lens. Picture courtesy: Canon.
Telephoto zooms.
Canon's 3 other brand-new licenses all connect to telephoto zoom lens. The licenses cover lenses along with the central duration varieties of 70-300 mm, 300-600 mm and also 400-600 mm. Just like the wide-angle zoom patents, the telephoto zoom lens are actually created to have a small concept. The 70-300 mm lens has a continual optimum eye of f/4. However, the various other pair of lens are actually presented as having adjustable f/2.8 -4.5 max eyes.
License for a 300-600mm f/2.8 -4.5 lense. Graphic courtesy: Canon.
Lense mounts.
The patents deal with the visual design of the lenses and also do not suggest the lense mount. Having said that, the absolute most very likely possibility will be Canon's RF install. On top of that, Kengo Iezuka, who supervises organizing lens at Canon, offered an interview about RF lenses just recently. During the course of the meeting, Iezuka mentioned, "There are actually still lots of lens that have actually certainly not been actually released to the world. I can not talk about the specifics, yet there are actually lens with standard standards, and also lenses with specifications that have certainly never been actually seen just before and also no person can imagine however.".
What our experts assume.
Until lately, Canon has actually prevented various other suppliers from bring in radio frequency install lenses. Right now the firm is actually starting to open up the marketplace to other lens creators, Canon needs to maintain innovating. The brand-new licenses show that Analects is actually working doggedly to build impressive brand-new lenses for its own RF place cameras. However, as regularly, where licenses are concerned, it is actually likewise important to keep in mind that the process is actually carried out predominantly to shield technical advancement. The enrollment of a patent does not constantly result in a product coming to market.