Canon Patent For 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 Lens

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100-400mm f/4.5-5.6

Egami (translated) spotted a patent for a 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 lens with diffractive optical elements. We saw other patents for a 100-400mm in the past. The patent refers also to a 70-300mm  f/4.5-5.6 lens.

Is this the patent for the replacement for the Canon [shoplink 124]EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS[/shoplink]? Don’t think so, since the patent refers to a lens without IS. Just recently a rather weak rumor surfaced suggesting that the EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS replacement could be the next “L” lens Canon is going to announce, the latest rumor in a long series for this lens that hopefully will be seen one day.

  • Patent Publication No. 2014-89385
    • Publication date 2014.5.15
    • Filing date 2012.10.31
  • Example 1
    • Zoom ratio 3.78
    • Focal length f = 103.00-200.00-388.94mm
    • Fno. 4.63-5.24-5.83
    • Half angle ω = 11.86-6.17-3.18 °
    • Image height Y = 21.64mm
    • 228.82-273.58-303.10mm total length
    • BF 69.48-90.93-105.73mm
  • Example 6
    • Zoom ratio 4.00
    • Focal length f = 72.50-135.00-289.99mm
    • Fno. 4.44-5.04-5.85
    • Half angle ω = 16.62-9.10-4.27 °
    • Image height Y = 21.64mm
    • 143.91-177.69-203.15mm total length
    • BF 39.10-39.10-39.10mm
[via Egami]

Visa Pour l’Image International Festival Of Photojournalism (CPN article)

Visa Pour l’Image International

More from CPN Europe:

First details of the exhibition and screening programmes for the 26th Visa pour l’Image international festival of photojournalism – which takes place in Perpignan, France, from 30 August to 14 September 2014 – have been confirmed.

This year’s exhibitions will follow the same well-loved layout and itinerary, making use of the city of Perpignan’s finest churches and buildings to display stories or anthologies on wars, nature, the environment, people, religious issues, social phenomena, plus the great scourges of our time.

Read the story at CPN –>

LOOKbetween 2014, Canon Mentoring The Magic

LOOKbetween 2014

Coming from CPN:

From New York to China to Tanzania, LOOK3 will bring many of the world’s leading early career photographers to LOOKbetween 2014. Taking place only once every four years, LOOKbetween is the anchor event of the LOOK3 mentorship programme. Alumni describe it as “a career-defining experience,” and this year’s event runs from 13-15 June 2014.

LOOKbetween identifies and fosters early career photographers with exceptional skill, commitment, and vision and brings them together with industry professionals for an immersive mentorship experience. Held at Deep Rock Farm (30 minutes from Charlottesville, North Carolina, USA), LOOKbetween provides a forum for in-depth exploration of photographic practice. Attendees participate in presentations, discussions, collaborative projects, and much more.

Read the story at CPN –>

Canon Announces Patent Infringement Complaints In Germany

Canon press release:

TOKYO, May 23, 2014—Canon today announced the filing of two patent infringement complaints in Germany with the District Court of Düsseldorf against “wta Carsten Weser GmbH” and “KMP PrintTechnik AG” for infringement of the German portion of Canon’s European patent 2 087 407 relating to a drum unit and a process cartridge by, inter alia, the manufacturing, offer and sale of certain toner cartridges for use in various models of Canon and Hewlett-Packard German laser beam printers. Canon is seeking injunctive relief and damages. 

Throughout the development, sales and marketing process, Canon respects the intellectual property rights of other companies and individuals and expects others to do the same. Canon remains committed to taking legal action against anyone who does not respect Canon’s intellectual property rights.

Super Hot Deal: Canon EOS 70D w/ 18-135mm IS STM, PIXMA Pro-100, And More Accessories – $1,185

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That’s a pretty hot deal B&H Photo put online.

You can get the Canon EOS 70D with the EF-S 18-135mm IS STM lens, a PIXMA Pro-100 photo printer plus $88 of accessories (see below) for just $1,184.95 after a $400 mail-in rebate.

The other included accessories are: Ruggard Commando 36 DSLR Shoulder Bag, Watson LP-E6 Lithium-Ion Battery,  SanDisk 16GB SDHC Extreme Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card

Canon Australia Loses Profit In 2013, Reduces Employees In 2014

Canon Rumor

Canon Australia will cut its staff by 10% in 2014 as result of having reduced the profit from $38.6 million in 2013 to just $4.1 in 2013. That’s a huge loss!

Canon will outsource some of the roles covered by approximately 100 staff in ‘administration and back-office support jobs’ to business process management firms Genpact and Convergys, and is reported as saying the restructure will ‘streamline its office operations to increase efficiencies and better serve its customers’.

The whole story can be read at Photocounter Australia.

[via CR]