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Canon Patent Details 18-45mm Kit Lens for Mirrorless Camera

 

Canon Patent Details 18 45mm Kit Lens for Mirrorless Camera kitlens

Looks like Canon has some serious plans to jump into the mirrorless camera market. The company’s G1X camera announced last month has a sensor large enough to compete with existing mirrorless cameras, but lacks an interchangeable lens system. A new patent filed by the company, however, reveals a new 18-45mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens for an APS-C mirrorless camera. It was filed back in 2010, so it seems that the company has been working on a mirrorless camera for quite some time now.

(via Egami via Mirrorless Rumors)

 
 
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  • http://twitter.com/stoyanov stanimir stoyanov

    So I guess my APS-C-sized sensor camera (1100D) is becoming obsolete?

  • Mgarber

    Interesting. I hope it has the same EF mount as existing Canon cameras, so it can take existing EF or EF-S lenses.   The purpose of an 18-45mm must only be for light weight, as that is a useless zoom range, and a slow lens as well. However, the combination of an APS-C sensor in a light weight body that can accept any of the hundreds of lenses already made for the EF mount, that sounds like a killer travel camera right there.