Sigma 500mm F5.6 OS, 700mm F8 OS, and 400mm F5 OS Patents Found


Some new Sigma telephoto patents have been found. You can check them out below:

  • JP 2023-170
  • [Publication date] 2023-01-04
  • [Title of Invention] Imaging Optical System
  • [Application date] 2021-06-17
  • [Applicant]
    [Identification number] 000131326
    [Name] Sigma Corporation
  • Kind Code: A1 To provide an imaging optical system suitable for a compact and lightweight telephoto lens by having a compact and lightweight imaging optical system and a compact and lightweight focusing unit.
  • 2. Description of the Related Art
    Conventionally, as an imaging optical system suitable for a long focal length photographing lens (hereinafter referred to as a telephoto lens), a positive power lens group and a negative power lens are arranged in order from the object side to the image side. A telephoto type imaging optical system with a group arrangement is known. By adopting a telephoto type power arrangement, it is possible to shorten the overall optical length of a telephoto lens, which tends to be long and heavy.
  • [0003]
    Telephoto lenses are often used for photographing sports and animals, and high-speed autofocus is required. Telephoto lenses often use the inner focus method because if the entire telephoto lens moves the entire imaging optical system for focusing, the weight of the lens that moves during focusing increases, making it difficult to achieve high-speed autofocus. .
  • [0004]
    Furthermore, in recent years, the use of a telephoto lens for video shooting has increased. When used in moving image shooting, autofocus often uses a contrast detection method. In the contrast detection method, it is common to cause the focusing unit to wobbling in order to detect the contrast.
  • [0005]
    In addition, in recent years, along with the popularization of compactly designed mirrorless cameras, telephoto lenses are also required to be compact and lightweight. In order to reduce the size and weight of the telephoto lens, it is important to reduce the size and weight of the moving part in addition to reducing the size of the imaging optical system. This is because the size and arrangement of the actuator depend on the size and weight of the movable portion.
  • [0008]
    The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the imaging optical system itself is compact and lightweight, and has a compact and lightweight focusing unit, so that the imaging optical system is suitable for a compact and lightweight telephoto lens. The purpose is to provide a system.


Example 1

  • Focal length: 485.00
  • F-value: 5.83
  • Angle of view: 5.06
  • Image height: 21.63
  • Overall length: 253.13


Example 5

  • Focal length: 700.00
  • F-value: 7.97
  • Angle of view: 3.52
  • Image height: 21.63
  • Total length: 318.72


Example 6

  • Focal length: 400.00
  • F-value: 5.06
  • Angle of view: 6.14
  • Image height: 21.63
  • Overall length: 233.14

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Sony FE 20-70mm f/4 G (SEL2070G) Coming This Month?


The Sony FE 20-70mm f/4 G (SEL2070G) that we first rumored here will likely be announced this month. Some sites are rumoring January 17th while others are saying January. I think Sony still has some flexibility in the announcement and having an f/4 constant aperture lens that goes as wide as 20mm could be an indication that Sony might try to develop a Sony FE 20-70mm f/2.8 G Master lens in the future if photographers find 20-70mm compelling.

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Profoto A1X Firmware C15 Released


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Profoto released firmware C15 for the Profoto A1X which you can download from profoto.

New firmware version C15

What´s new vs. firmware version C14?

  • This update brings improved TTL performance. 
  • Fix for “Lost energy settings” bug for Nikon and Sony cameras.

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Sony a7RV Map Camera’s Top Selling Camera in 2022


The Sony a7RV was a very popular camera in 2022, and it even managed to be Map Camera’s top seller overall in 2022 even despite all the supply chain issues in 2022.

2022 camera sales ranking (as of January 1, 2022 to December 15, 2022)

1st SONY α7IV
2nd OM SYSTEM OM-1
3rd Canon EOS R7
4th Nikon Z9
5th FUJIFILM X-T5
6th Canon EOS RP
7th Canon EOS R6
8th Canon EOS R5
9th Nikon Z6II
10th Canon EOS R3

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TTArtisan 32mm f/2.8 Update and Samples

The TTArtisan 32mm f/2.8 that was first revealed several months ago here should be coming soon, according to photorumors.

“TTArtisan may soon release a new 32mm f/2.8 autofocus full-frame lens with Sony E-mount, and the Nikon Z-mount version has been released before. It is reported that the lens has a structure of 9 elements in 6 groups, 7 aperture blades, a minimum focusing distance of about 0.5m, a 27mm filter interface, and a weight of about 196g” (source: Weibo)

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OL: Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.7 Di III VC VXD Review


Optical limits posted its full Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.7 Di III VC VXD Review, which you can read in full here or check out the excerpt below:

The Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.7 Di III VC VXD is a very capable super-tele zoom lens. Its center quality is certainly good enough for the purpose it is meant for. In the lower focal length range, it touches excellent quality in the center and it’s still very good at 500mm. … At 150mm, the sharpness is very good but it suffers from rather heavy field curvature mostly visible at close to medium focus distances. The field curvature is gone at 250mm and the borders/corners are pretty good until 400mm. They do soften at 500mm, though. That being said – keep in mind that the border/corner quality is mostly irrelevant with such a lens. The lateral CAs are well controlled and eliminated via auto-correction anyway. The lens also shows fairly high image distortion in RAW files (only). The vignetting characteristic is a tad high in RAW mode but no issue after correction, of course. The bokeh has two aspects. The general blur is actually pretty smooth, whereas out-of-focus highlights can be rather nervous.

The build quality left a positive impression despite the extensive use of plastics. It feels solid and there is no wobbling whatsoever, even when extended to 500mm. The small focus ring isn’t the best in the business but the zoom ring is surprisingly smooth despite the heavy weight of the inner lens tube. We liked the push/pull zoom lock mechanism… The AF speed depends heavily on the used Sony camera. It’s not a speed demon on older bodies but if you own the latest and greatest, the AF is impressively fast and noiseless. The VC image stabilizer gave us about three f-stops which is decent enough given the long focal length.

In our book, the primary differentiator of the Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.7 Di III VC VXD is the compact size. It is much more backpack-friendly than the big Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS. Some users will also appreciate the shorter minimum focal length, which is certainly making it somewhat more versatile. However, the king (the Sony lens) isn’t dead yet.

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