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Alan Palazon

Is Canon working on more compact, quiet focus prime lenses? A new patent hints at compact, quiet primes

A teaser image showing five Canon L-series hybrid lenses, darkly lit, with three in complete silhouette.

Canon has published a new patent outlining a series of prime lenses for full-frame cameras which, if released, I believe will see the camera giant hone in on creating more compact, quiet autofocus lenses.

Patent number P2026059152 was published by the Japan Patent Office on April 07. The patent details designs for several lenses that use an inner-focusing system where the front and back elements don't move, but the middle group does.

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