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    Canon patents reveal some info about eye-controlled AF coming in the EOS R3
    Apr 30, 2021 John Aldred

    Made famous with 35mm SLR cameras like the EOS 3 and EOS 5 (A2/A2e in the USA), Canon’s eye-controlled autofocus system has been sorely missed…

    Godox to release an updated “V1 Pro” round head speedlight with built-in cooling fan
    Jan 11, 2021 John Aldred

    This seems a little bit weird, but not an entirely unreasonable idea. Godox has filed a patent that looks very similar to the existing Godox…

    Canon has patented an Osmo gimbal-style camera with interchangeable lenses
    Dec 29, 2020 John Aldred

    This is pretty odd, but also kind of cool. Canon has patented (through no fewer than five separate patents) a strange DJI Osmo-like gimbal with…

    Canon comes up with a shutter button like no shutter button before it
    Dec 20, 2020 Udi Tirosh

    There are many kinds of cameras: DSLRs, point and shoot, mirrorless, even that weird Sony F707 from when DSLRs started. But one thing almost never…

    Canon patents a Dual Pixel AF Back-side Illuminated sensor (finally)
    Dec 10, 2020 John Aldred

    It’s taken a while for Canon to jump on the whole BSI train, although the company appears to have filed a patent in for what…

    Autel Robotics wins patent suit over DJI – Calls for stop of sale and import of most DJI drones
    May 18, 2020 John Aldred

    Autel Robotics USA has won a pretty major victory over competing drone manufacturer DJI. The suit claimed that many of DJI’s consumer drones have been…

    New Sony patent shows a lens that lets you focus after you take the shot
    Apr 22, 2020 John Aldred

    Sony Alpha Rumours just spotted a patent (although they didn’t link to it so we can all have a read) showing a new “light field”…

    Canon patents a pop-up EVF to allow for larger rear LCDs
    Apr 3, 2020 John Aldred

    I’m genuinely amazed that this isn’t already a thing, but Canon has filed a patent for a pop-up electronic viewfinder. It really does make a…

    Canon has filed a patent for a fan-cooled EOS-M mirrorless camera
    Mar 6, 2020 John Aldred

    One of the claims Canon’s made in the past over its DSLR and mirrorless cameras and the lack of certain video features compared to their…

    Canon patent shows IBIS coming to EOS M and PowerShot cameras
    Jan 1, 2020 John Aldred

    Canon is notorious for not having any kind of in-body image stabilisation (IBIS), preferring to go with stabilisation in the lens, instead. This fact came…