Richard CanonNews / Thursday, February 27, 2020 / 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 applies for a couple of 1" sensor lens patents Canon over several patent applications has applied for a lot of lenses for the 1" sensor. These could be for surveillance or other purposes or some future powershot designs. Canon Patent Application 2020-030252 This patent application discusses a 9-85mm F2.8-5.6 lens (equivalent focal of 24-233mm) with a 15mm (40mm) Macro function. The 9-85mm optical design is shown above. Focal length 9.06 36.44 85.80 15.11 F-number 2.88 4.14 5.47 5.47 Angle of view 36.50 12.22 5.25 5.25 Image height 6.71 7.89 7.89 7.89 lens length 67.10 73.92 85.77 85.77 BF 7.96 8.74 20.67 17.24 Magnification -0.00 -0.00 -0.00 -1.70 It has another embodiment that is even more impressive as it's a 9-120mm or equivalent focal of 24-330mm) with again, a 40mm macro function. Focal length 9.06 45.00 120.10 15.66 F / No. 2.86 4.25 5.77 5.77 Angle of view 36.50 9.94 3.76 3.76 Image height 6.71 7.89 7.89 7.89 lens length 87.71 92.89 107.94 107.94 BF 7.33 8.94 21.68 15.00 Magnification -0.00 -0.00 -0.00 -1.70 Canon Patent Application 2020-030250 This next patent application appears to identify a much simpler lens design. Most likely it allows it to be far more compact in nature. The lens described in the patent application is a 9-42mm F2.8-F7.0 lens, which is 24mm-115mm equivalent focal length An example embodiment is shown below; focal length 9.06 18.00 42.65 F-number 2.84 3.85 7.06 Angle of view 35.66 23.67 10.48 Image height 6.50 7.89 7.89 Total lens length 77.00 66.08 79.54 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 Print Please login or register to post comments.