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Tamron 13mm F1.8 Di III-A Patent Found

Asobinet found a patent for the Tamron 13mm F1.8 Di III-A, which could be one of the five lenses Tamron plans to announce this year. We have seen a lot of great wide lenses for APS-C lately, and it will be interesting to see how it compares if Tamron decided to produce this lens for […]

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Sony WW198387 Camera Registration Found

Digicame-info found a new camera registered from Sony the WW198387. Sony “WW198387” – Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz) / Bluetooth – Sony Electronics (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. – Registration date: February 3, 2023 via digicame-info

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Tamron 30mm f/1.4, 40mm f/1.4, and 50mm f/1.4 Patents Found

Overview [Publication number] P2022162600 [Release date] 2022-10-25 [Title of Invention] Optical system and imaging device [Application date] 2021-04-13 [Applicant] [Identification number] 000133227 [Name] Tamron Co. , Ltd. An optical system and an imaging apparatus are provided that are bright and large-aperture lenses with a small F-number and that suppress image plane fluctuations and chromatic aberrations […]

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Sigma Lens Patents Found For Sigma 17-40mm f/4 OS and Sigma 18-50mm F2.8-4 OS

Patent application for optical systems such as Sigma “18-50mm F2.8-4 OS” and “17-40mm F4 OS” Overview [Public number] P2022158386 [Release date] 2022-10-17 [Title of Invention] Imaging Optical System [Application date] 2021-04-02 [Applicant] [Identification number] 000131326 [Name] Sigma Corporation Kind Code: A1 A compact image forming optical system having a small open F value over the […]

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Sony Fish Eye Zoom Patents Found

Sony 7.5-13mm F2.8, 8-14mm F4, and 11-16mm F4 fisheye zoom lenses Overview [Publication number] P2022155067 [Release date] 2022-10-13 [Title of Invention] Zoom lens and imaging device [Application date] 2021-03-30 [Applicant] [Identification number] 000002185 [Name] Sony Group Corporation A zoom lens that is compact, lightweight, and has high optical performance suitable for shooting moving images, and […]

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Several Sony f/1.2 Patents Found

It’s unlikely that Sony will ever make a 60mm f/1.2 or 80mm f/1.2 lens, but they already have a very nice 50mm f/1.2 on the market and a 85mm f/1.2 is expected in the future that could be based on one of the below designs. Overview [Public number] P2022140076 [Publication date] 2022-09-26 [Title of Invention] […]

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