Richard CanonNews / Thursday, February 22, 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 applies for patent for an improved shutter assembly This patent application deals with making shutter mechanical assemblies smaller and cheaper. Even though the big news of the week from other sources were on global shutters in the sensors themselves, there's still room for improvement in our mechancial shutters for low cost devices. Featuring some pretty complete mechancial specifications and breakout for those interested in how things tick, this may be a patent application for you. More links US Patent Application 2018-0054560 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.