ahsanford said:
rrcphoto said:
this is the ONLY patent application that has been found to be specifically for a short registration distance stills camera, and really - the only sign of it.
Sure, but the odds of Canon opening their mirrorless history books with a salvo including an f/2.8 UWA zoom seems awfully low.
Surely -- if the thin mount is chosen -- the opening battery of glass will be a combination of staple tools and things that would show off the smaller form factor:
35 f/slow
50 f/quick but not screamingly quick
24-something f/slow
...and so on. If Canon goes thin, I see them pointing squarely at an EF adaptor for the first few years for anyone asking for the f/2.8 zooms and f/1.4 primes.
Check out the diagram in the patent. Connected onto a mirrorless body it's going to be small! A huge difference to the 16-35 on an adaptor. Remember, Canon aren't competing with themselves here. They're competing with Nikon and Sony. And to do so they have to innovate, so I think you're wrong about what lenses they'll launch with the lens.
They are competing with lenses such as the FE 16-35 2.8GM, and this new design seems to be squarely aimed at that. I wonder if the limitation to 30mm max is a way of either ensuring quality or reducing weight within the design.
I think a 24-70 2.8 or something approximating the range, is highly likely. Probably also an f/4 kit lens version.