Canon Patent for EF 70-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS Lens

Egami discovered a new patent filed by Canon in Japan. The new patent describes a Canon EF 70-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS telephoto zoom lens. This new lens could be announced by the end of 2014 and will be a good replacement for the current EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens model.

Canon EF 70-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS lens is 240mm in overall length and provide a zoom of 5.45x. Focal range is between 71.33mm and 388.95mm. The lens design as we see from the patent details shows multiple elements divided in 6 groups.

Canon Patent for EF 70-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS Lens

Description and self-interpretation of the patent literature

• Patent Publication No. 2014-21256,2014-21257
  • Publication date 2014.2.3
  • Filing date 2012.7.18
• Example 2
  • Zoom ratio 5.45
  • Focal length f = 71.33-144.71-388.95mm
  • Fno. 4.63-4.84-5.83
  • Half angle ω = 16.87-8.50-3.18 °
  • Image height Y = 21.64
  • 240.00-284.68-303.83mm overall length of the lens
  • BF 75.92-79.30-95.93mm
  • 6-group zoom of positive and negative positive and negative positive and negative
  • (Part of the fourth group) anti-vibration
  • Rear Focus (Group 6)

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