Canon patent for EF-S 100-300mm f/4-5.6 IS lens

Canon filed a patent for a EF-S 100-300mm f/4-5.6 image-stabilised zoom. According to the patent, the lens will fit APS-C DSLRs. As usual with patents you can never be sure the described product will hit the market. If it does, this could be a new budget zoom lens.

• Patent Publication No. 2015-138178
  • Published 2015.7.30
  • Filing date 2014.1.23
• Example 1
  • Focal length 102.00 195.50 291.20mm
  • F number 4.16 5.14 5.88
  • Half angle of 7.63 4.00 2.69 °
  • Positive and negative positive and negative four-group zoom
  • Anti-vibration (part of the second group)

[via Egami]