Canon News has uncovered a patent for an APS-C 100-400mm F5.6-7.1 optical formula. (Richard also messed it up by not noticing it was APS-C at first)
Does this mean that the EOS-M is getting a super telephoto consumer lens? The optical elements are fairly lightweight and the lens optics diameter would be somewhere around 52mm, which seems to fit with the EOS-M ecosystem. Or is this a sign of an RF APS-C camera coming out. The need for an APS-C 100-400 is puzzling if it’s for the RF mount though.
Canon RF/EF-M 100-400mm f/5.6-7.1:
Focal length: 119.97mm 218.00mm 360.96mm
F-Number: 5.50 6.50 7.10
Half angle of view: 6.50° 3.59° 2.17°
Image height: 13.66mm 13.66mm 13.66mm
Total lens length: 179.62mm 192.93mm 233.56mm
BF: 15.03mm 15.03mm 15.04mm
Canon appears to be going a different direction with their longer lenses for their mirrorless mounts than the other manufacturers. They seem to...
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