Patent: Canon EF-S 15-53mm f/2.8-4

[Canon Rumors]

This sort of lens could signal an improvement on entry level kit glass, as an optical formula for an EF-S 15-53mm f/2.8-4 has appeared.</p>
<p>Patent Publication No. 2015-152765 (Google Translated)</p>
<ul>
<li>Published 2015.8.24</li>
<li>Filing date 2014.2.14</li>
<li>Focal length 15.40 20.46 51.00mm</li>
<li>Fno 2.80 3.00 4.30</li>
<li>Half angle of view ω 41.57 33.73 14.99 °</li>
<li>Image height 13.66mm</li>
<li>Overall length of the lens 119.65 123.99 149.53mm</li>
<li>BF 35.93 38.66 50.56mm</li>
</ul>

 

[ajfotofilmagem]

This is encouraging. Hopefully this will become a real product. I hope it's not a sucker powder such as Canon 17-55mm.

 

[Luds34]

This is encouraging. Hopefully this will become a real product. I hope it's not a sucker powder such as Canon 17-55mm.

+1

I think this is exciting stuff, seeing Canon start to actually invest in their crop systems. I think it is appropriate to give a small thanks to the likes of Fuji, Olympus, Sony, etc. that have created the competition to get Canon to step up a bit. Hopefully a lot less of this "crop is for starting out, everyone eventually moves to full frame" stuff.

 

[moreorless]

If it was a kit I would guess probably for xxD and 7D cameras rather than entry level DSLR

 

[ajfotofilmagem]

If it was a kit I would guess probably for xxD and 7D cameras rather than entry level DSLR

Yes. It makes more sense to 7D and 70D have lens kit 15-53mm F2.8-4 instead of 18-135mm.

 

[9VIII]

It would be awesome to see an aperture upgrade on the kit lens.

It's sad to say, but I kind of like seeing the big camera companies getting squeezed by the cell phone market, it gets us some juicy sweet lenses.

 

[pokerz]

This sort of lens could signal an improvement on entry level kit glass, as an optical formula for an EF-S 15-53mm f/2.8-4 has appeared.</p>
<p>Patent Publication No. 2015-152765 (Google Translated)</p>
<ul>
<li>Published 2015.8.24</li>
<li>Filing date 2014.2.14</li>
<li>Focal length 15.40 20.46 51.00mm</li>
<li>Fno 2.80 3.00 4.30</li>
<li>Half angle of view ω 41.57 33.73 14.99 °</li>
<li>Image height 13.66mm</li>
<li>Overall length of the lens 119.65 123.99 149.53mm</li>
<li>BF 35.93 38.66 50.56mm</li>
</ul>

Will this come true in 90D?