Canon Patent Application: Ultra Wide CINI EF Mount Zooms

We discovered this patent application, and are pretty sure it's for the CINI lineup of cameras. The image height specified by the patent application is 15.55 which is not APS-C (12.66) and is too small for full frame (21.64).  Super 35, around the size of 24.89 x 18.66 is 15.55mm image height, and that matches up exactly to the patent application image height.

It's curious to note that the backfocus distance on these lenses suggest EF lens mount, and not the new RF mount, which indicates that Canon is still going ahead with the CINI lineup being EF mount, for now.  We feel because of the ease of adaptability, Canon will sooner than later offer a RF mount CINI camera though.  But back to the patent application.  This patent application has several different embodiments;

focal length       14.00  22.14  35.00 
F number            2.80   2.80   2.80 
angle of view      48.00  35.09  23.96 
Image height       15.55  15.55  15.55 
Lens total length 219.00 219.00 219.00 
BF                 42.06  42.06  42.06 

Focal length        9.00  14.07  22.00 
F number            2.80   2.80   2.80 
angle of view      59.94  47.86  35.26 
Image height       15.55  15.55  15.55 
Lens total length 206.30 206.30 206.30 
BF                 39.88  39.88  39.88 

Focal length       16.00  27.71  48.00 
F number            2.80   2.80   2.80 
angle of view      44.18  29.30  17.95 
Image height       15.55  15.55  15.55 
Total lens length 219.00 219.00 219.00 
BF                 47.69  48.50  49.10

Japan Patent Application 2019-003073

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