Richard CanonNews / Thursday, July 5, 2018 / Categories: Canon Patents This post may contain affiliate links(s). An affiliate link means I may earn advertising/referral fees if you make a purchase through my link, without any additional cost to you. It helps to keep this site afloat. Thank you in advance for your support. If you like what we do here, maybe buy me a coffee. Canon Patent Application Accidental lens turning prevention in G series compacts In this Canon Patent application, a G series compact camera is illustrated. This compact camera has both a zoom ring and a focus ring, and Canon is concerned that with the smaller size of the lens body, that if you turn one control dial you can accidentally turn the other at the same time. A first rotation operation member 111 provided at a near position and a second rotation operation member 112 provided at a position farther than the first rotation operation member with respect to the imaging apparatus main body, When the operation of the member is detected, the operation of the second rotary operation member is invalidated for a predetermined time The G Series compact illustrated is the G1X Mark II compact camera. As with all patent applications it illustrates what Canon is researching, and not particularly what they are releasing to the general public. Japan Patent Application 2018-106190 Richard CanonNewsRichard CanonNews Richard has been using Canon cameras since the 1990s, with his first being the now legendary EOS-3. Since then, Richard has continued to use Canon cameras and now focuses mostly on infrared photography. Richard is the founder and editor of CanonNews since 2017, and has worked as a writer on CanonRumors and other websites in the past. Other posts by Richard CanonNews Contact author Facebook page Previous Article Canon Patent Application: Increased precision of shake correction Next Article Canon Patent Application: TS-E 50mm 2.8L Macro Print Please login or register to post comments.