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Patent News: New M4/3 Lens Patents

Many new Lens patents Surfaced over the web from different brands, take a look at the details below.

Olympus Lens Patent
Olympus 15mm F2 and 17mm F1.8, 17mm F2.8 (pancake) for M4/3 format
15mm-patent

  • Patent Publication No. 2013-130669 (Translated by Google)
    • Publication date 2013.7.4
    • Filing date 2012.12.21
  • Olympus patents
    • 4-unit construction of positive and negative positive negative
    • Inner focus (the third lens group)
    • Designed to increase the focus back

Patent of 100 mm F4.5 Macro Patent for M4/3 system,
The lens have two AF mode, one is high speed and other for macro mode, take a look at the more details below
Oly-100mm-image

Description and self-interpretation of the patent literature

  • Patent Publication No. 2013-152279
    • Publication date 2013.8.8
    • Filing date 2012.1.24
  • Olympus patents
    • I and a second shooting mode and the first photography mode
    • First photography mode
      • Inner Focus (Group 4)
      • Focus group with one piece, can be high-speed AF
    • Second shooting mode
      • (Third group and the second group approaches) inner focus
      • Focus is more than one group, and corresponds to the macro

Patent KonicaMinolta 8-17mm F2.8 (4/3 “)

Konica Minolta ultra-wide 8-17mm F2.8 lens for M4/3 format surfaced over the web, take a look at the image and translated details below

8-17mm-image

  • Patent Publication No. 2013-156477
    • Publication date 2013.8.15
    • Filing date 2012.1.31
  • Example 1
    • Zoom ratio 2.12
    • Focal length f = 8.22 – 11.99 – 17.42mm
    • Angle of view 2ω = 105.45 – 84.01 – 63.60 °
    • BF 15.01mm
    • 95.84 – – 99.05mm 100.08 total length
    • Fno. 2.9
    • Image height Y = 10.90mm
    • 16 images in 11 groups Lens Construction
    • Three 5-sided aspherical
    • Two ED glass

Src-Egami

Sony Announces 20mm F2.8 Pancake and 18-200mm Zoom Lens

Sony today announce two new lens, the first lens is 20mm F2.8 Pancake lens and other one is 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 Power Zoom Lens, the 18-200mm lens features built-in Optical SteadyShot™, the power zoom lens also a comfortably positioned zoom lever that works with a switch on the lens barrel, allowing zoom speed to be selected in three different steps – from slow, beautiful shifts in perspective to dramatic crash-zoom effects.  Zoom can also be controlled directly from compatible NEX-VG900, NEX-VG30 and NEX-FS700 (requires firmware update) video cameras.

The new E 20mm F2.8 (SEL20F28) wide-angle prime lens will be available this April for about $350.

The new E PZ18-200mm F3.5-6.3 OSS (SELP18200) motorized telezoom lens will be available this March for about $1200.

More details at press release below

Continue reading Sony Announces 20mm F2.8 Pancake and 18-200mm Zoom Lens

Canon 40mm F2.8 STM Lens Sample Images

Some sample images of Canon F2.8 STM Lens is now coming above the surface, first images published by dcfever website, the 40mm F2.8 STM lens is attached with Canon 5D Mark II Camera, the Bokeh quality and Sharpness of lens look good at the samples below,

Buy / pre-order Canon 40mm F2.8 STM Lens at Amazon @ 199

ISO 800, f/2.8 1/60s

ISO 400, f/2.8 1/100s

To See full size image visit dcfever.com (chinese website)

some samples also uploaded by dpreview forum members – see at dpreview