Patent: Canon RF 17-70mm f/3.5-5.6

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Canon News has uncovered a patent for a new RF mount optical formula, this patent shows an RF 17-70mm f/3.5-5.6 in various forms. This looks like some kind of wide kit style lens because of the variable aperture.
Below are the three embodiments:
Canon RF 17-70mm f/3.5-5.6

Focal length: 17.40mm 35.02mm 68.69mm
F-numbe:r 3.57 4.18 5.85
Half field angle: 51.19° 31.71° 17.48°
Image height: 21.64mm 21.64mm 21.64mm
Total lens length: 149.59mm 133.68mm 150.50mm
BF: 13.43mm27.63mm 57.99mm

Canon RF 17-70mm f/3.5-5.6

Focal length: 17.10mm 34.82mm 72.70mm
F numbe:r 3.57 4.18 5.85
Half angle of view:  51.68° 31.85° 16.57°
Image height: 21.64mm 21.64mm 21.64mm
Total lens length: 151.00mm 135.57mm 157.71mm
BF: 13.13mm 27.81mm 63.49mm

Canon RF 18-80mm f/3.5-5.6

Focal length: 18.70mm 37.55mm 77.50mm
F-number: 3.57 4.18 5.85
Half angle of view: 49.16° 29.95° 15.60°
Image height: 21.64mm...

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Not as wide as 15-85 - not ideal.

Good as a FF kit lens, though.
True, but that's not a standard kit lens on any of the 000x or 00x models. The normal kit lenses are 18-55 and 18-135. In the past they have started at 17, but the 15-85 was always a premium upgrade.

I suspect the primary reason it's not 18-55 is that it cost the same to make it slightly wider and slightly longer, and 70mm rolls right into a 70-300 (or 70-200 if it's an upsell). This just cements in my mind that aps-c will come to RF. We will eventually see RF rebels, and probably even a full frame rebel at a 999 price point, even cheaper "street" price. I think the only thing that will NOT happen is RF-S.
 
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navastronia

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So an aps-c R is confirmed then. I guess it won't take long for it be announced after the 90d. But then again I don't understand why the 90d release oin that case? Especially since the 90d seems more like a replacement of 80d than 7dmii?

It's just a patent. Patents don't confirm anything, so I wouldn't get my hopes up just yet.
 
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I'm back from a vacancy changing several times the Wide and standard zoom.
This is the solution for travellers.

PS report for flamers:
In a group (general tourist) we have
1 5D4
1 6D
3 rebels
1 nikon reflex aps-c
1 fuji ML
1 sony 6x00

Can't be true:
There must have been at least 90% of Wonderful Sonies according to Youtube ;).
 
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Definitely a full-frame lens for full-frame camera, I think (as do some of the folks in prior answers) that one needs to re-think zoom lens strategies with the potential of a new mount. I am leaving tomorrow for a trip to south America, wanting to walk around with light(er) gear than my usual 11-24, 24-105 and 100-400, and using current lenses that I have: 16-35 L IS, 24-105 and either the 70-200 L 4.0 IS or 70-300 DO. Note the overlaps, not always a bad thing but I have 2 bodies for 3 lenses for this use case. Instead, with new RF gear I could have a 17-70 and a 70-200 (or 70-300, sure bet they will offer that at some point in time), so with 2 bodies I do not need to change lenses. Brilliant!
I see assumptions of this not being an L lens because of the variable aperture, but the EF 100-400 and 70-300 L are variable aperture, so let's not jump to conclusions.
 
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True, but that's not a standard kit lens on any of the 000x or 00x models. The normal kit lenses are 18-55 and 18-135. In the past they have started at 17, but the 15-85 was always a premium upgrade.

I suspect the primary reason it's not 18-55 is that it cost the same to make it slightly wider and slightly longer, and 70mm rolls right into a 70-300 (or 70-200 if it's an upsell). This just cements in my mind that aps-c will come to RF. We will eventually see RF rebels, and probably even a full frame rebel at a 999 price point, even cheaper "street" price. I think the only thing that will NOT happen is RF-S.

While it's not a standard APS-C kit lens, even though it would be much better to have an RF-S 17-70mm, it would to the job in a pinch if Canon wanted to simply release an APS-C camera into the wild with no supporting RF-S lenses. It's one of the few full frame lenses that I could see fitting into both full frame and aps-c, as a kit lens for both sensor sizes. the EOS RP could use it as a sweet kit lens, and so could an APS-C RF camera.

Also, this is the second time we've seen 17-70mm in patent applications, which makes it a bit more likely it's going to happen.
 
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This would be perfect, because I could carry this and a 70 - 200 plus a fixed lens or teleconverter and have a very reasonable bag.

Right now I carry a 16 - 35 + 24 - 105 f/4's + fixed (28 or 85 f/1.4), or 16 - 35 + 70 - 200 f/2.8 + 50 f/1.2 or TC's. None of those configurations are as ideal as this would be.
 
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