Canon Patent: 9-18mm F4 IS, 10-20mm F2.8-4 IS And 11-22mm F2.8 IS

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Here is another Canon patent application.

Canon patent application 2024100498 (Japan, published 7/26/2024) discusses optical formulas or three wide angle lenses:

  • 9-18mm F4 IS
  • 10-20mm F2.8-4 IS
  • 11-22mm F2.8 IS

From the patent literature:

  • A zoom lens that is compact yet has good optical performance even when vibration is reduced is provided.
  • [Background Art]As an imaging optical system used in imaging devices such as digital still cameras, video cameras, broadcast cameras, and security cameras, there is a demand for an optical system that is small and lightweight and has high optical performance even if the amount of image blur correction is large. Patent Document 1 discloses a zoom lens having a subsequent lens group including a first lens group with negative refractive power, a second lens group with positive refractive power, and an anti-vibration lens group, which are arranged in order from the object side to the image side. The anti-vibration lens group performs OIS, which reduces (corrects) image blur caused by shaking of the imaging device due to hand shake or the like (hereinafter referred to as camera shake) by moving (shifting) in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis. In addition, the imaging element that captures the subject image formed by the imaging optical system can perform IIS, which corrects image blur by shifting in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis.
  • In a central projection type imaging optical system, the amount of movement of an image point on an image plane due to camera shake differs between the center and the periphery of the image plane. In particular, the wider the angle of an imaging optical system, the greater the amount of movement of an image point in the periphery compared to the center. For this reason, in an ultra-wide-angle zoom lens with an angle of view exceeding 100°, a lot of image shake remains in the periphery.
  • In the zoom lens of Patent Document 1, the curvature of field during vibration reduction is corrected, but a large amount of residual image blur occurs in the peripheral area due to the difference in the amount of image point movement between the center and the periphery. Also, in the IIS, if the outer diameter of the vibration reduction lens group is large, it becomes difficult to miniaturize the zoom lens.
  • The present invention provides a zoom lens which is small in size and yet has good optical performance even during vibration reduction, and an imaging apparatus using the same.

Example 1

  • Focal length: 10.33-19.39
  • F-number: 4.08-4.12
  • Half angle of view: 61.36-48.13
  • Image height: 18.92-21.64
  • Total length: 128.82-123.27
  • Back Focus: 12.13

Example 2

  • Focal length: 9.20-17.90
  • F-number: 4.08-4.12
  • Half angle of view: 64.04-50.40
  • Image height: 18.90-21.64
  • Overall length: 125.26-119.35
  • Back Focus: 10.50

Example 3

  • Focal length: 11.30-23.90
  • F-number: 4.08-4.12
  • Half angle of view: 59.29-42.15
  • Image height: 19.02-21.64
  • Total length: 129.79-129.33
  • Back focus: 14.54-10.54

Example 4

  • Focal length: 11.30-22.00
  • F-number: 2.89
  • Half angle of view: 59.44-44.52
  • Image height: 19.14-21.64
  • Overall length: 137.35-125.58
  • Back focus: 13.50-10.50

Example 5

  • Focal length: 10.30-19.80
  • F-number: 2.89-4.12
  • Half angle of view: 61.76-47.54
  • Image height: 19.18-21.64
  • Overall length: 132.94-127.01
  • Back Focus: 11.35

Canon Patent: 10-20mm f/4, 10-20mm f/2.8-4 And 9-18mm f/4 Lenses

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A new Canon patent application. Canon patent 2024023099 (Japan, published 2/21/2024) discusses optical formulas for three wide angle zoom lenses.

  • 10-20mm f/4
  • 10-20mm f/2.8-4
  • 9-18mm f/4

From the patent literature:

  • An object of the present invention is to provide a zoom lens that is small and has good optical characteristics, and an imaging device and an imaging system including the zoom lens.
  • BACKGROUND ART: Zoom lenses used in imaging devices are required to have a wide angle of view, be compact, and have good optical characteristics. As a wide-angle zoom lens, a so-called negative lead type zoom lens in which a lens group with a negative refractive power is arranged closest to the object side is known.
  • A negative lead type zoom lens has the characteristics that it is relatively easy to widen the angle of view and easily obtain a long back focus. However, negative lead type zoom lenses tend to have an asymmetrical lens configuration with respect to the aperture stop. Therefore, it is difficult to correct various aberrations, for example, it is difficult to suppress aberration fluctuations during focusing, and it is very difficult to obtain high optical performance.
  • In particular, in the inner focus type, in which focusing is performed using a small and lightweight lens group located closer to the image side than the first lens group in order to perform high-speed focusing, aberration fluctuations during focusing tend to increase.
  • The present invention provides a zoom lens that is compact and has good optical characteristics, and an imaging device and an imaging system having the zoom lens.

Example 1

  • Focal length: 10.33-19.39
  • F value: 4.08-4.12
  • Half angle of view: 61.36-48.13
  • Image height: 18.92-21.64
  • Total length: 128.82-123.27
  • Back focus: 12.13

Example 2

  • Focal length: 9.20-17.90
  • F value: 4.08-4.12
  • Half angle of view: 64.04-50.40
  • Image height: 18.90-21.64
  • Total length: 125.26-119.35
  • Back focus: 10.50

Example 3

  • Focal length: 11.30-23.90
  • F value: 4.08-4.12
  • Half angle of view: 59.29-42.15
  • Image height: 19.02-21.64
  • Total length: 129.79-129.33
  • Back focus: 14.54-10.54

Example 4

  • Focal length: 10.30-19.80
  • F value: 2.89-4.12
  • Half angle of view: 61.76-47.54
  • Image height: 19.18-21.64
  • Total length: 132.94-127.01
  • Back focus: 11.35

More Canon patents are listed here.

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Canon Patent: RF 9-18mm f/4 Wide Angle Zoom For EOS R System

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Here is a new Canon patent application, and it is a rather interesting one.

Canon patent application P2022065383 (Japan) discusses optical formulas for a RF 9-18mm f/4 wide angle zoom lens for the Canon EOS R system.

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a zoom lens which is compact and has high resolving power while having a wide angle of view.

With the increase in the number of pixels of an image pickup apparatus, there is a demand for a zoom lens having a wide angle and high optical performance. Patent Document 1 discloses a wide-angle zoom lens having a focal length at a wide-angle end of about 11 mm in terms of 35 mm and an angle of view of about 120 °.

However, when the zoom lens is widened, the refractive power of each lens constituting the zoom lens increases and the resolution decreases.

The present invention provides a zoom lens having a wide angle of view, yet being compact and having high resolving power.

Example 1

  • Focal length: 9.27-17.46
  • F value: 4.12
  • Half angle of view: 66.80-51.10
  • Image height: 21.64
  • Overall length: 130.07-127.77
  • Back focus: 11.00

The Canon patent was spotted by Asobinet. More Canon patent applications are listed here. Some particularly interesting patent applications we think might get into production are these:

Canon patent for EF-M 9-18mm f/3.5-4.5 STM lens

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Something is moving in Canon’s EOS M department. Here we have another Canon patent for an EF-M lens,, a EF-M 9-18mm f/3.5-4.5 STM.

We already have an ultra wide-angle lens for the EOS M system, the [shoplink 14076]EF-M 11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM[/shoplink]. Will the optic formula described in the Canon patent ever hit the market? Hard to say.

  • Patent Publication No. 2016-54371
    • Published 2016.4.14
    • Filing date 2014.9.3
  • Example
    • Zoom ratio 1.90
    • Wide-angle intermediate telephoto
    • Focal length 9.22 14.05 17.50
    • F-number 3.39 4.04 4.63
    • Half angle of view (degrees) 53.07 44.12 37.91
    • Image height 12.27 13.63 13.63
    • Overall length of the lens 89.68 83.60 86.84
    • BF 14.22 15.78 16.00
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    • Upon correction of the distortion, providing a constraint on stretching amount at each image height
    • Properly set the curve shape of the distortion aberration

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Canon Patent for EF-S 9-18mm f/4.5-5.6 Lens

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Egami (translated) spotted a patent filed by Canon for a 9-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM lens for APS-C cameras. The lens design looks similar to the recently announced [shoplink 21282]EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM[/shoplink].

  • Patent Publication No. 2014-225002
    • Published 2014.12.4
    • Filing date 2013.4.25
  • Canon patent
    • 4-group configuration of negative positive and negative positive
    • Inner focus
    • And a plastic aspherical first lens group
    • [0013] According to the present invention, the change in imaging magnification upon focusing on less, high speed focusing is obtained zoom lens easy wide angle.