A new Canon APS-C mirrorless lens patent surfaced over the web, the ulrra wide angle zoom lens features 9-17mm focal length and 3.5 to 5 aperture range. According to the patent document the lens will feature steeping motor, the stepping motor usually helps users by doing silent and fast operation hence your camera doesn’t catch the AF noise while recording video.
Take a look at the patent details below translated from Japanese
- Patent Publication No. 2016-85259
- Published 2016.5.19
- Filing date 2014.10.23
- Example
- Zoom ratio 1.79
- Focal length 9.27 13.32 16.58
- F-number 3.60 4.38 5.11
- Angle of view 51.83 45.17 38.94
- Image height 11.79 13.40 13.40
- Overall length of the lens 85.22 79.65 81.94
- BF 14.99 16.82 15.41
Just few days ago we have published Canon 15-50mm patent. Take a look at more lens patent here
Like a 4 year old MSC Zuiko in regards to silent operation …