Richard CanonNews / Thursday, November 15, 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: Soft focus lenses This patent application is for a couple of soft focus lenses. Again, with most patent applications, these will never see the light of day, but it's interesting to see what Canon is investigating. The first embodiment is for a 16-50 F2.4 Canon EF-S lens focal length 15.00 3 0.00 60.00 F number 2.37 2.37 2.37 Half angle of view 43.23 25.17 13.22 Image height 14.10 14.10 14.10 Lens total length 382.76 382.76 382.76 BF 45.29 45.29 45.29 Another embodiment for a 35-100 2.8 Canon EF-S lens focal length 35.00 60.01 100.01 F number 2.80 2.80 2.80 Half angle of view 23.95 14.53 8.84 Image height 15.55 15.55 15.55 Lens total length 269.06 269.06 269.06 BF 56.84 56.84 56.84 Japan Patent Application 2018-180132 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: Patent ApplicationSoft Focus lenses Please login or register to post comments.