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Canon Patent Application: APS-C mirorless zoom
Perhaps a hint at RF APS-C?
Canon recently had a patent application for a mirrorless zoom. While this is pretty normal, perhaps the timing is not.
The EOS-M system already has a mirrorless zoom lens for this focal, so either it's an upgrade, or Canon is looking at doing new APS-C lenses for mirrorless for perhaps the RF mount.
What's also curious that if Canon was doing the 18-45mm as an APS-C lens (we do know a 18-45 is coming), then this would nicely fit in with that lens. However, to be fair, the EOS-M system also has a 15-45mm, so it's not a slam dunk.
Canon 45-200mm F4-5.6
focal length 45.00 90.00 181.25
F number 4.13 5.03 5.83
Angle of view 16.89 8.63 4.31
Image height 13.66 13.66 13.66
Total lens length 112.20 136.54 156.45
BF 18.76 18.76 18.76
Japan Patent Application 2020-140143