Canon Patent: 24-70mm f/4, 28-200mm f/2.8-5.6, 20-60mm f/2.8-4 And 50mm f/1.4 (composite opticals)

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A new Canon patent application for RF-mount lenses with composite optical elements.

Canon patent 2024039231 (Japan, published 3/22/2024) discusses optical formulas and methods for four lenses with composite optical elements:

  • 24-70mm f/4
  • 28-200mm f/2.8-5.6
  • 20-60mm f/2.8-4
  • 50mm f/1.4

Guess the most interesting of the bunch is the 50mm f/1.4 lens. From the patent literature:

  • An object of the present invention is to provide a composite optical element that is small and lightweight and has high optical performance.
  • BACKGROUND ART: In recent years, there has been an increasing demand for shorter overall length and lighter weight of photographic optical systems. In order to reduce the overall length and weight of the photographic optical system, there is a method of increasing the refractive power of each lens and introducing an aspherical lens to correct various aberrations that occur as a result.
  • As an aspherical lens for a photographic optical system, there is a composite element formed by molding a resin layer onto a glass lens.
  • Composite elements have a high degree of freedom in selecting the glass material for the glass lens, and are easy to mold, so they are characterized by being easy to introduce into photographic optical systems.
  • Patent Document 1 discloses an optical system in which chromatic aberration is corrected by using a material with a low partial dispersion ratio for the glass of a composite lens and combining it with a resin having a high partial dispersion ratio. If resin is used as an aspherical lens, chromatic spherical aberration and chromatic curvature of field will increase, which is undesirable.
  • Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a composite optical element that is small and lightweight and has high optical performance.

Example 1

  • Focal length: 24-67.90
  • F value: 4.12
  • Half angle of view: 41.33-17.67
  • Image height: 19.39-21.64
  • Total length: 108.50-142.13
  • Back focus: 20.95-50.49

Example 2

  • Focal length: 15.30-45.00
  • F value: 4.12
  • Half angle of view: 41.68-16.51
  • Image height: 11.60-13.65
  • Total length: 83.50
  • Back focus: 17.67

Example 3

  • Focal length: 50.03
  • F value: 1.44
  • Half angle of view: 23.39
  • Image height: 21.64
  • Total length: 113.51
  • Back focus: 13.51

Example 4

  • Focal length: 28.40-197.00
  • F value: 2.90-5.70
  • Half angle of view: 37.30-6.27
  • Image height: 18.97-21.64
  • Total length: 151.14-220.00
  • Back focus: 13.50-47.04

Example 5

  • Focal length: 21.00-60.00
  • F value: 2.90-4.10
  • Half angle of view: 45.79-19.29
  • Image height: 18.37-21.62
  • Total length: 135.70-126.50
  • Back focus: 22.43

Example 6

  • Focal length: 390.03-275.02
  • F value: 2.91-3.08
  • Half angle of view: 3.21-4.52
  • Image height: 21.84-21.72
  • Total length: 347.00
  • Back focus: 46.20

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Canon patent for 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 lens

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Canon patent for a 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 lens. Not sure where to put this optical formula. Looks like a budget super-zoom.

  • Patent Publication No. 2015-172612
    • Published 2015.10.1
    • Filing date 2014.3.11
  • Example 1
    • 1
    • Zoom ratio 6.68
    • Focal length 28.90 51.17 193.10
    • F-number 3.63 4.39 5.88
    • Half angle (in degrees) 36.82 22.92 6.39
    • Image height 21.64 21.64 21.64
    • Overall length of the lens 132.70 149.90 182.70
    • BF 39.40 49.73 66.13,

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