A new patent surfaced over the web that shows that showing Canon New Phase AF sensor for mirrorless camera its may be be advance AF HYBRID AF sensor that used in recently announced EOS M3, Canon may use the sensor in upcoming EOS M4 camera, take a look at the details below.,
Patent Publication No. 2015-22264 (Google Translated)
- Published 2015.2.2
- Filing date 2013.7.23
Canon patent
- Phase difference detection method to be received by the AF sensor can be reflected incident light from the imaging lens
- The phase difference detection by the image plane phase difference AF
- The phase difference detection by external light AF sensor
