CanonNews / Thursday, January 11, 2018 / Categories: Canon Patents Canon applies for a fisheye lens (one possible mirrorless prime?) patent We discovered this patent, and while the full frame lens of a 15/4.0 sounds actually quite nice, there is an APS-C lens with a shorter than EF-S backfocus that would also have mirrorless implications. Edit: as someone noted, these are 175 degrees so most likely prime fisheye lenses. APS-C 9.5mm 4.0 Focal distance 9.50 F number 4.10 Imaging field angle (degree) 175 Image height 13.66 Whole length of the lens 63.97 BF 23.16 Full frame EF mount 15mm 4.0 Focal distance 15.18 F number 4.12 Imaging field angle (degree) 175 Image height 21.64 Whole length of the lens 130.16 BF 58.19 Japan Patent Application 2018-004726 Canon applies for an optical viewfinder patent for mirrorless cameras Canon continues to work on organic sensors Print 4950 Tags: Patents Related articles Canon Inc. Places Third in U.S. Patents Granted in 2021 IFI Claims Rankings Canon Ranks in the top 5 for US patents for 35 straight years Canon places top five in U.S. patent rankings for 33 years running and first among Japanese companies for 14 years running Another curved sensor patent application from Canon Another supertelephoto patent surfaces Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.blog comments powered by Disqus