Patent: Optical formulas for Canon RF macro lenses

sulla · Apr 16, 2020

Any of those got IS?

slclick · Apr 16, 2020

Good news. Personally a great 100-ish macro and a pancake would get me onboard onto the RF train. I don't need IS for a macro lens, as I do nearly 100% on a tripod, ymmv. Plus, won't the bodies be stabilized?

lbeck · Apr 16, 2020

Man I hope these come soon, I’d prefer the 100 or 180, and it’d be great if one of them did more than 1:1 mag, I’d love a 1-5x like their manual focuse MP-E 65

Chaitanya · Apr 16, 2020

Personally I would like to see 180mm f4 IS USM macro over 180mm f2.8 Macro. Sigma already offered similar lens and it was very bulky lens. Now due to shorter flange distance if these lenses offer some additional working distance over their Slr counterparts then I would gladly purchase these lenses along with hypothetical crop sensor based RF camera.

CJudge · Apr 16, 2020

slclick said:
Good news. Personally a great 100-ish macro and a pancake would get me onboard onto the RF train. I don't need IS for a macro lens, as I do nearly 100% on a tripod, ymmv. Plus, won't the bodies be stabilized?

The 100 macro makes for a great portrait lens too, and that's where a lot of shooters would benefit from IS. Although with the upcoming IBIS, all of this matters less and less...

Ruiloba · Apr 16, 2020

That 180 macro... Is probably on my bag when it comes

fox40phil · Apr 16, 2020

IS would be nice in those lenses! (IS+IBIS 4tw!)

slclick · Apr 16, 2020

I wish I could find the quote, I think it was from the CEO of Olympus who said there is a limit of how many stops of stabilization is possible due to forces from the Earth's rotation....anyone?

FamilyGuy · Apr 16, 2020

Yay! More patents!

*Just having fun. I know what this sites purpose is and why nothing is materializing in the current global situation.*

SteveC · Apr 16, 2020

Ruiloba said:
That 180 macro... Is probably on my bag when it comes

Will it make a sonic boom flying off the shelf into your bag? If not, well, I just can't take this rhetoric seriously.

miketcool · Apr 16, 2020

RF 180mm Macro would be a little less cumbersome than my current setup.

koenkooi · Apr 16, 2020

slclick said:
I wish I could find the quote, I think it was from the CEO of Olympus who said there is a limit of how many stops of stabilization is possible due to forces from the Earth's rotation....anyone?

Olympus Says Earth's Rotation Limits Image Stabilization to 6.5 Stops Max

It turns out the only thing standing between Olympus and even better image stabilization than the E-M1 Mark II's already insane 6.5 stops... is the

petapixel.com

BeenThere · Apr 16, 2020

koenkooi said:
Olympus Says Earth's Rotation Limits Image Stabilization to 6.5 Stops Max

It turns out the only thing standing between Olympus and even better image stabilization than the E-M1 Mark II's already insane 6.5 stops... is the

petapixel.com

Well, just wait for better performance. Earth’s rotation is slowing by about 1.7 milliseconds per century.

lexptr · Apr 16, 2020

Wow, 180mm f/2.8 is very interesting! Hope it will sport IS.
Also hope the 65mm will be the MP-E counterpart with improved sharpness.
Switching to R system one day gonna be a budget disaster...

joseph ferraro · Apr 16, 2020

Can I hope and hope that there might just be an updated RF 65mm lens like the MPE-65. From my handheld macro perspective IS isn't much of an issue or want, since at +1x or more I feel that it wouldn't have much effect. Anyone on here use the MPE-65 on a EOSr body?

kcfp · Apr 16, 2020

Curious on the timeframe history - The date of Canon patent application to date of product announcement? More than a year, less than a year?

Architect1776 · Apr 16, 2020

Canon Rumors Guy said:
Continue reading...

Canon is really hitting it out of the park.
Great superior lenses by far and the new R cameras just blow everything else away.
Glad to see Canon cutting loose and going full speed with the RF Mount system.

flip314 · Apr 17, 2020

BeenThere said:
Well, just wait for better performance. Earth’s rotation is slowing by about 1.7 milliseconds per century.

No wonder the days seem to drag on more as I get older!

picperfect · Apr 17, 2020

hmm, slightly disappointed. no crazy RF 100/1.2 L IS Macro weighing 5 pounds and priced north of 5000?

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