Canon Patent Application: Inner Zoom Video Lenses with Power Zoom

Canon Rumors · Jul 5, 2024

This is an interesting patent application (2024-090359) that is meant to patent some designs that are superficially meant for power zoom-capable lenses. The embodiments display both crop (assuming RF-S) and full-frame lenses. Canon writes in the patent application that the problem domain that this patent application is looking at resolving with this patent is; In a

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EOS 4 Life · Jul 5, 2024

These seem like those terrible Sony power zoom lenses.
They seem to sell very well so I could see why Canon would copy them.
IMHO a variable aperture over such a short focal range makes a power zoom kind of useless.
A long focal range makes the aperture changes gradual.
I guess maybe these could zoom extra slowly.

Tirmite · Jul 6, 2024

EOS 4 Life said:
These seem like those terrible Sony power zoom lenses.
They seem to sell very well so I could see why Canon would copy them.
IMHO a variable aperture over such a short focal range makes a power zoom kind of useless.
A long focal range makes the aperture changes gradual.
I guess maybe these could zoom extra slowly.

I’m sure they could have software that shifts ISO during zooming to seamlessly compensate the exposure change. People who buy crappy lenses probably also don’t care much about electronic noise issues. Like you mentioned, this seems like a way to sell a lot of cheap lenses to people who don’t know better.

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Canon Patent Application: Inner Zoom Video Lenses with Power Zoom

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Only 24MP :(

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