Richard CanonNews / Saturday, May 19, 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: Full frame mirrorless UWA We have been waiting to see if we start to see any patent applications that suggest a full frame short registration distance optical design, and here's one patent application that may indicate something of what Canon is planning. This is a 16-28 2.8 patent application of a full frame lens with a short backfocus of only 11.34mm. Suggesting a full frame mirrorless with a shorter registration distance than the EF mount. This patent application is specifically for shortening the backfocus of the element design, making it a solution for a future short backfocus mirrorless camera system. Japan Patent Application 2018-077320 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 on focus stacking and image stabilization Next Article Canon Patent Application: Diffractive Optical Element improvements Print Please login or register to post comments.