Category: Patents

OM Macro Lens Patent Shows Up

Mar 14, 2022

OM System’s lens roadmap has included a 100mm (or thereabouts) macro lens since it added a...

Mar 2, 2022

Asobinet.com dug up a few Sigma lens design patents, mostly featuring f/1.4 prime focal lengths...

Feb 5, 2022

Nikon finally appears to be getting around to filling in the Z mount lens lineup holes with...

Jan 6, 2022

Mirrorless cameras typically use a pretty different way to detect focus, relying on special pixels...

Jan 5, 2022

Tamron patents show work being done on some slightly-focal-length-limited standard zoom lenses...

Jan 3, 2022

If Canon releases one or two of these designs (smart money on the 20mm or, particularly, the 24mm...

Jan 3, 2022

A new RF 135mm (or 24mm) f/1.4 sounds scrumptious to you too? Willing to swallow that with the...

Nov 19, 2021

Tamron looks to be thinking about launching a 90mm macro lens for mirrorless. This Sony FE mount...

Nov 4, 2021

Cosina is putting together a couple lens designs for 25mm to 30mm MFT-mount lenses ranging in...

Nov 2, 2021

No one who owns the RF 70-200 f/2.8 zoom would say Canon needs an update – unless they...