Richard CanonNews / Thursday, November 29, 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: 1" sensor zoom lens This patent application is for a 1" sensor camera zoom lens. A 1" sensor has a diagonal of 15.86mm and a radius of 7.93mm while this patent application describes a lens for an image height of 8mm. As with most powershots the wide end has to be stretched to fit the entire image circle. This would be a 28 - 80mm equivalent lens focal length 10.57 20.35 30.14 F number 2.26 4.72 5.15 angle of view 37.6 22.5 15.1 image height 6.56 8.00 8.00 total length 46.44 43.19 46.77 BF 8.65 16.39 23.87 Japan Patent Application 2018-189865 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 Tags: Canon Patent Application Please login or register to post comments.