Nauticam Underwater Housing for Canon EOS M
Nauticam announced a new underwater housing for Canon's EOS M .Depth Rating: 100m, Dimensions: 168mm x 97mm 126mm. Estimated Shipping Date: 20 March, 2013. Canon EOS M price check: The…
Canon Patent For New Mount Type (non rotating elements when lens is not mounted)
Egami (translated) spotted an interesting patent filed by Canon. When mounting a lens on a camera body, and holding the lens, the rotating focus or zoom ring can make the…
Canon U.S.A. Strengthens Its imageFORMULA Line With The New DR-G1130 and DR-G1100 Production Document Scanners
Press release: Melville, N.Y., February 27, 2013 – With the notion of maximizing production efficiency in mind, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, announced two new imageFORMULA…
Canon Patent For Two New Fluorite Treated Lenses
Egami (translated) spotted a patent referring to two new lenses, a 14mm f/2.8 and a 17-35mm f/2.8-4, both with fluorite treatment. According to WIkipedia...: Fluorite (also called fluorspar) is a…
Canon Working On A Successor Of The G1X With APS-C Sensor?
Egami (translated) spotted a 18-70mm F2.8-6 lens patent for a filed by Canon that suggests the company is working on a fixed lens camera with an APS-C sensor. In other…
Four New Canon Telephoto Lens Patents: 2 x 400mm f/4, 600mm f/4 and 800mm f/5.6, all with macro)
Once more Egami (translated) spotted interesting new patents filed by Canon. A 400mm f/4 DO macro 1:1.4, a 400mm f/4 DO macro 2:1, a 600mm f/4 macro 1:1 and an…
Canon Working On A Full Frame Mirrorless Camera?
That's what a Patent spotted by Egami (translated) appears to suggest, if I am not misunderstanding the poor machine translation: Canon SLR full size corresponds to 50 mm F1.2 and…
New patent describes a super compact OVF (for small DSLR or mirrorless?)
The latest patent spotted by Egami (translation here) describes a Canon developed Optical Viewfinder with 100% field of view. The special thing about that patent is that the viewfinder is…
Canon Files Patent For Two 4/3 Lenses (14-28mm f/1.4-2.4 and 12-28mm f/2-3.2)
This came as a surprise. Could this mean Canon is working on a new version of the Powershot G1X? looks like. Japanese blog Egami (translated) spotted a patent for two…
91 Winning Photos Of Project Imaginat10n, Selected By Canon, R. Howard And The Public
The winning pictures can be seen here. Canon's press release: Canon U.S.A., Ron Howard And The Public Select 91 Winning Photos For "Project Imaginat10n" Which Will Inspire Short Films Directed…
Canon Patent To Improve Hybrid Auto-Focus Speed
Hopefully this leads to quicker hybrid AF. Canon filed a patent that aims at improving the speed of hybrid (phase and contrast detection) AF systems, particularly when tracking subjects. The…
Canon Files Another Patent For Phase Detection Auto-Focus
I reported about two similar patents filed by Canon in the past (here and here). Now Canon files another patent for phase detection Auto-Focus, explicitly referring to phase-detection AF for…
[Patent] Canon Files Patent For 14mm f/2.8 Lens (better coating, low refractive index)
Egami (translated) spotted another patent filed by Canon. This time it is for a 14mm f/2.8 lens with improved coating (tubular coating): It seems it is possible to realize a…
Canon Files Patent For 28-300mm and 28-135mm lens (reduced chromatic aberrations)
Next two Canon patents! As usual spotted by Japanese site Egami (translated) This time for a 28-135mm f/4-5.6 and a 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.The patent is about reducing chromatic aberrations. Patent…
Canon Announces Two New Cinema EOS Cameras (C500 and C100)
Canon Adds Two New Cameras To The Cinema EOS System: The EOS C500 4K Digital Cinema Camera And The EOS C100 Digital Video CameraTwo New Camera Models Fill Out a…
Canon Patent To Reduce Ghosting And Flaring (14mm f/2.8)
Once more great Japanese site Egami (translated) spotted an important Canon patent. It is about the reduction of ghosting through anti-reflective coating on both sides of the lens, the coating…
Canon Files Patent For A 300mm f/4 Lens
Egami (translated) spotted a Canon patent for a 300mm f/4 lens, the possible successor of the (?). The patent suggests that performance fluctuations that are due to temperature changes, and…
[Patent] Another Canon Patent For Improved Phase-Detection Autofocus (next mirrorless sensor?)
Conventional approach (left) and patented approach (right) Egami (machine translated) spotted another patent filed by Canon and related to methods that aim to improve the performance and accuracy of the…
[Patent] Canon Patent For Improved Phase Detection Auto Focus
Egami (machine translated) found a patent by Canon regarding an improved Phase Detection Auto Focus. Such a "hybrid" autofocusing system has been featured on the and the recently announced EOS…
[Patent] Canon 135mm f/2.8 and a 180mm f/3.5 Using An Apodization Filter
Japanese site Egami (machine translated) spotted another patent filed by Canon. This time it is about a 135mm f/2.8 and a 180mm f/3.5 lens. The news are an apodization filter…