A new lens patent surfaced over the web that shows 16-40mm F4 Lens, so the lens could directly replace EF 17-40mm f/4L, take a look at the details of patent below
Patent Publication No. 2015-206976 (Google Translated)
Published 2015.11.19
Filing date 2014.4.23
Zoom ratio 2.36
Focal length 16.48 24.40 38.90
F-number 4.12 4.12 4.12
Half angle (in degrees) 52.70 41.56 29.08
Image height 21.64
Overall length of the lens 177.74 162.40 159.73
BF 38.00 45.51 63.40
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