New Canon Patent: 12-35mm f/2-3.5 lens for 4/3 Sensor

Canon has filed a new patent for a 12-35mm f/2-3.5 lens for a 4/3 sensor based camera.

Patent Publication No. 2015-72369
Published 2015.4.16
Filing date 2013.10.3

Canon patents
Positive and negative positive and negative positive five-group zoom
Rear focus (fourth group)
Anti-vibration (part of the third group)


It’s still unknown what the application for this lens would be. Is Canon working on a 4/3 sensor based mirrorless camera? Or for Canon next big sensor compact camera? Or nothing at all.

Source: EG.

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