Canon Patent for EF-S 15-105mm f/2.8-5.6 STM

Canon filed a new patent in Japan. The new patent describes the EF-S 15-105mm f/2.8-5.6 STM lens which looks like to be a new kit lens for APS-C sensor Canon DSLRs.

The patent application shows the details of a kit lens covers a excellent range starting from 15 to 105mm. The EF-S 15-105mm f/2.8-5.6 STM lens comes with a Stepping Motor.

If the lens becomes available into production, it will be a versatile lens for EOS 7D Mark II users. See the EF-S 15-105mm f/2.8-5.6 STM lens patent details.

Canon EF-S 15-105mm f/2.8-5.6 STM Lens Patent

• Patent Publication No. 2015-118141
  • Published 2015.6.25
  • Filing date 2013.12.17
• Example
  

  embodiment

  Example	Zoom ratio	Focal length	Fno.	Half angle	Image height	Overall length of the lens	BF
  1	4.12	24.75 52.09 101.92	3.60 4.81 5.83	41.16 22.56 11.98	21.64	146.25 166.83 195.25	38.99 58.34 73.70
  2	6.81	15.40 22.95 104.92	2.88 3.39 5.60	41.57 30.76 7.42	13.66	149.46 154.42 222.88	38.13 46.49 77.97

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