Canon Patent: 35mm f/1.4 Lens – Successor of The EF 35mm f/1.4L On Its Way?

This could be the patent for the Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II lens. Egami (translated) spotted a patent filed by Canon that’s related to a 35mm f/1.4 lens that appears to refer to the successor of the Canon EF 35mm f 1.4L USM (price & specs) lens (released in 1998). Not the first patent for a 35mm lens, and there was a rumor that Canon was field-testing a EF 35mm f/1.4L II lens. More after the break.

• Patent Publication No. 2013-195747
  • Publication date 2013.9.30
  • Filing date 2012.3.21
• Example 1
  • Focal length f = 14.17mm
  • Fno. 2.89
  • Half angle ω = 56.78 °
  • Image height 21.64mm
  • The overall length of the lens 133.50mm
  • BF 40.23mm
  • 14 pieces in 11 groups Lens Construction
  • 2 pieces of 2 aspherical surface
  • The effective diameter of the front lens 69.96mm
• Example 2
  • Focal length f = 24.50mm
  • Fno. 2.80
  • Half angle ω = 41.45 °
  • Image height 21.64mm
  • The overall length of the lens 92.07mm
  • BF 38.07mm
  • 8 group 9 lenses configuration
  • 2 pieces of 2 aspherical surface
  • The effective diameter of the front lens 34.58mm
• Example 3
  • Focal length f = 35.50mm
  • Fno. 1.45
  • Half angle ω = 31.36 °
  • Image height 21.64mm
  • The overall length of the lens 135.01mm
  • BF 38.56mm
  • 11 pieces Lens Construction 9 group
  • One piece of one aspherical surface
  • The effective diameter of the front lens 49.79mm
• Canon patent
  • Inner focus