Richard CanonNews / Thursday, November 7, 2019 / Categories: Canon Patents Canon Patent Application: Super telephotos Canon has filed another patent on super telephoto primes. I suspect that many patents go into making the next version of super telepotos and that the work is pretty extensive. These appear to be EF super telephotos as well, because they have a significantly large back focus distance normally associated with the EF mount, versus the RF mount. We have seen specific super telephoto patents for the RF mount, and the supertelephotos take advantage of Canon's short backfocus distance with the RF mount. I see that one site is claiming these are possibly RF mount super telephotos. A patent for supertelephotos looking like this, with a shorter than EF mount back focus distance, clearly indicates an RF mount design, whereas this patent application shows a larger backfocus distance associated with the EF mount designs. I'm not sure these designs would make it into production, they seem to be pretty simplistic and also lack the elements that Canon usually has in their super telephotos for image stabilization. Canon EF 800 F4.0 Focal length: 778.44 mm F-Number: 5.80 Angle of View: 1.59 Image height: 21.64 mm Lens length: 489.01 mm Back focus: 48.66 mm Canon EF 600 F4.0 Focal length: 584.99 mm F-number: 4.12 Angle of View: 2.12 Image height: 21.64 mm Lens length: 476.28 mm Back focus: 87.97 mm Canon EF 500 F4.0 Focal length: 489.05 mm F-Number: 4.12 Angle of View: 2.53 Image height: 21.64 mm Lens length: 411.08 mm Back focus: 86.24 mm Canon EF 400 F2.8 Previous Article Canon RF 24-70mm F2.8 IS USM Review Next Article Canon Patent Application: Stacked sensor and method of manufacturing Print 5074 Tags: CanonSupertelephotoPatent Application Related articles Canon Announces Price Increases on 12 Interchangeable Lens Cameras, 47 Lenses, and 4 Compact Cameras in Japan Canon RF 20-50mm F4 L IS USM PZ MTF Analysis: Optically Great or Overhyped? New Canon rumors surface about the R8 Mark II and new lenses A Modern 55mm f/1.8? Canon Patents New Batch of Consumer RF Primes Canon Announces the R100+ Leave a comment Name: Please enter a name. Email: Please enter an email address. Please enter a valid email address. Comment: Please enter comment. I agree This form collects your name, email, IP address and content so that we can keep track of the comments placed on the website. For more info check our Privacy Policy and Terms Of Use where you will get more info on where, how and why we store your data. You must read and accept this rules. Add comment