Egami has shown that Canon has filed a patent for an ultra-wide angle zoom:

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Description and self-interpretation of the patent literature

Patent Publication No. 2014-10286

  • Publication date 2014.1.20
  • Filing date 2012.6.29
  • Example 1

  • Zoom ratio 2.06
  • Focal length f = 11.30-18.00-23.30mm
  • Fno. 4.10
  • Half angle ω = 62.42-50.24-42.88mm
  • Image height Y = 21.64mm
  • 172.19-161.28-162.86mm overall length of the lens
  • BF 38.82-52.31-63.15mm
  • Canon users have been left out in this focal range for quite some time. With Nikon and their legendary 14-24mm f/2.8G ED and other third party offerings filling up the gap in the market. Can Canon produce an optically superior lens that also has such a shallow depth of field? Until they do, the only wide-angle zooms that Canon makes that come close are the 16-35 f/2.8 L II or the 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye.

    [Egami]

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