HiLowsNote has uncovered an odd patent showing us a full-frame fixed lens camera lens optical formula. The lens design here is not impressive, as it's quite slow at f/4.5-8.
While I have always wanted Canon to make a camera like the Leica Q or Sony RX1 series, I don't think what we have here will ever become a consumer product.
It'll be interesting to see if anything comes from this.
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I’m with Craig on this, I always wanted a Canon RX1 as the high quality 35mm fixed lens suits my walk around style perfectly. But goodness the actual RX1 ergonomics put me off every time I pick one up!
I’m sure there is a small market for fixed lens >$2,000 P&S’s, I’m not sure that includes f4.5-8 lenses though so I’d see this much closer to the $1,000 price point.
At f/8 some 30 MPix seem reasonable in my thinking - maybe some EOS R sensor reusage project without OVF and lower number of controls (no touchbar :). First I thought the RP sensor would be good but I think a little bit more DR would fit an ultra wide which usually captures a lot between bright light sources and dark shadows.
I could see myself wanting a small FF camera with a small and slow lens, for hiking and certain travel and daytime photography, but the market for such a camera is probably quite limited.
(An Epic in good shape is worth more now than it was new... that kind of indicates there would be a market for such a cam.)
15mm beeing wide enough for these vloggers. But I am sure people will complain about that dark aperture...
Why would security cameras have FF sensors, rather than m43? What's the usage scenario?
With today's sensors' high ISO performance, and shallow DoF not being a priority for UW, I can see Canon offering an RF 15-35mm f/2.8L and a 15-45mm f/4.5-8 side by side.
A 24-70 on a P&S camera would certainly be more useful. But even a 24-70 f/4 would be rather large and heavy on a P&S camera.
You are right.
This might never even be a real product, just a patent so noone makes that product.