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  1. Richard CR

    Opinion: This patent identifies my ongoing issue with Canon

    Okay, I know this had been done to death – the horse is beaten and dragged off and turned into glue. But when I saw this patent application from Sigma today, and tossed it over to Craig, his response was “Well, don’t expect Canon to ever do a lens like that” to which I agree. See full article...
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    Canon Patent Application: Fast Focusing Prime lenses

    In this patent application, Japan Patent Application 2023-120952 Canon discusses developing lenses for video, surveillance, and stills photography that have very quick autofocus. The method they use for this is reducing the weight of the focus group to allow for quicker focus. There are a few...
  3. Richard CR

    Canon Patent Application: Miniaturization of built-in teleconverter

    In this Japan Patent Application, JP 2023-118490, Canon is investigating creating smaller built in teleconverters for use in lenses that we would normally not expect to see a teleconverter installed in. The idea of this patent application is to make the mechanism and the sliding out of the...
  4. Richard CR

    BCN Lens Sale Rankings for the First Half of 2023

    BCN has released its lens rankings for the first half of 2023. Just in case you don’t know, BCN is a sales tracking company in Japan. They track well over 50% of all sales in Japan and assemble the results for us. So this data is quite indicative of the Japanese camera market. You can See full...
  5. Richard CR

    Opinion: The difficulty facing Canon (and everyone else)

    Reading through the interviews from the Photo and Imaging 2023 show felt like I was back in the early days of the EF mount. But it's not the late 80s and early 90s when FD mount users were picking their jaws up off the floor. Back then film was still king, Velvia was amazing, Tmax was made by...
  6. Richard CR

    Canon announces Flex Zoom lens series CN-E45-135mm T2.4L and CN-E20-50mm T2.4L

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    Canon applies for High Magnification Super Telephoto Zoom Patent

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  8. Richard CR

    Further clarification on the upcoming Canon CINI lenses

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  9. Richard CR

    Canon Patent Application for Drone Camera Gimbal

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  10. Richard CR

    C70 firmware Update adds 4K and 1080p Cinema RAW Light recording

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  11. Richard CR

    Canon Australia halting sales of the Canon EOS R5C

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  12. Richard CR

    Canon Patent Application: Shutter that minimizes shutter shock

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  13. Richard CR

    Kamlan introduces it’s first full frame lens – available for the RF mount

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  14. Richard CR

    New rumor of Supertelephoto DO’s and the R1 [CR2]

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  15. Richard CR

    Canon announces the RF 800mm F5.6L IS USM and the RF 1200mm F8L IS USM

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    First Leaked Images of the RF 800mm F5.6L IS USM and the RF 1200mm F8L IS USM

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  17. Richard CR

    Industry News: Panasonic launches the Lumix GH6

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  18. Richard CR

    A high megapixel camera is coming [CR2]

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  19. Richard CR

    OpticalLimits reviews the Canon EOS RF 16mm F2.8 STM

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  20. Richard CR

    Supply shortages continue to plague the industry

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