New Canon Patent - Powershot 3.8-380mm f/2.3-7 Lens

Egami, the Japanese Photography blog, has discovered a new Canon patent for a 3.8-380mm f/2.3-7 lens design to fit a PowerShot camera.  This essentially makes it a 100x zoom lens.

The current Canon SX60 has a 60x zoom but other manufacturers have already exceeded that so it's no surprise Canon plans to retake the crown soon but the one-upmanship continues. Kind of silly, in my opinion.

Published 2016.11.10 (Google Translated)

• Filing date 2015.3.31
• Optimization of the aperture flare cut
• To mitigate the amount of peripheral light change
• To move independently in the zooming
• Vibration control

Canon Rebel T7i and T7s APS-C Cameras Coming Q1 2017

Last month I reported Canon Inc, registered camera and lens equipment with authorities in Russia and Singapore. At the time, I mentioned the DSLR will most probably be the Rebel T6's replacement.

My latest information suggests the new cameras will be the Rebel T7 model and may be announced by CES in January 2017 or CP+ in February 2017. It will come with a new version of the EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM kit lens. More info will be available as soon as I receive them.

Canon Working on Powershot Model Equipped With APS-C Sensor?

The Japanese photography blog, Egami has uncovered a new Canon patent that points to a compact APS-C camera. The lens has a focal length of 15-75mm f/2-5.6. Canon may be working on a Powershot model with the APS-C sensor.

Description of the patent (Translated)

Patent Publication No. 2016-126226

• Published 2016.7.11
• Filing date 2015.1.7

Example

• Zoom ratio 4.72
• Focal length 15.60 33.30 73.60
• F-number 2.06 3.91 5.76
• Half angle of view (degrees) 36.01 22.30 10.51
• Image height 11.34 13.66 13.66
• Overall length of the lens 85.91 88.09 110.00
• BF (in air) 6.28 16.31 22.07

Canon patent

• Inner focus (Group 5)
• Anti-vibration (group 4)