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Vibesta wins preliminary ruling in design lawsuit, Rotolight ordered to retract allegations
Nov 28, 2019
John Aldred
Back in May, Rotolight began legal proceedings against competing lighting manufacturer, Vibesta for alleged infringement of its intellectual property. The dispute was over the design…
Canon patent shows a “vacuum cleaner” lens that sucks the dust off your sensor
Nov 4, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Here’s a fun patent from Canon – a lens that sucks. And I mean this quite literally. This lens incorporates a mini vacuum cleaner that…
Canon patent shows dual-sensor camera and translucent mirror that resembles Sony SLT
Oct 28, 2019
John Aldred
A Canon patent has been discovered by the folks at Canon News showing what appears to be a camera with a “translucent mirror” reminiscent of…
Canon patents a new 83-megapixel full frame sensor
Sep 10, 2019
John Aldred
A new Canon patent has been discovered by the folks at Canon News. It describes an 83-megapixel sensor which, if the maths are right, will…
Canon patents two new RF zoom lenses: a 17-70mm and a 52-83mm f/1.2
Aug 22, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Judging from recent patent applications from Canon, we might see two new zoom lenses for the EOS R system: a 17-70mm and a 52-83mm f/1.2…
Canon has been working on an insane 50-80mm f/1.1 zoom lens for the EOS R
Aug 12, 2019
John Aldred
Canon is going wild with the patents lately, but there isn’t much as wild as this. Northlight Images spotted another Canon patent recently, for a…
New patent suggests Canon cameras may get wireless charging
Aug 6, 2019
John Aldred
This is something we’ve sort of seen before and Canon actually showed off a prototype for it back in 2015. But now a new patent has been…
Canon has filed a patent for barndoor style lens caps you can’t lose that double up as a hood
Jul 18, 2019
John Aldred
This is quite an interesting idea from Canon. I mean, photographers are often losing lens caps, especially if they shoot on location. You take off…
Fujifilm patents a pair of “virtual command dials” for an analogue/digital hybrid UI
Jul 15, 2019
John Aldred
The folks over at Fuji Rumors have come across a Fujifilm patent showing a compact camera with two rear dials that synchronise with a top…
Patent shows Canon’s EOS R stabilisation will be an in-body and in-lens hybrid system
Jun 7, 2019
John Aldred
One notable absence from Canon’s EOS R and EOS RP cameras is any form of in-body image stabilisation. Canon has said they wanted to bring…