Super compact zoom lenses are trendy and Olympus will announce an amazing 14-42mm lens next week. It will be as small as their 17mmf /2.8 pancake!
Well, it look like Canon is working on such a lens too! Egami (via CanonWatch) spotted a patent filed by Canon that appears to refer to new pancake lenses for the EOS M system: 18-40mm f/3.5-5.6, 18-55mm f/4-8, 10-20mm f/4-5.6, and 9-18mm f/4-5.6. Here are the detailed specs:
Example 1
Zoom ratio 2.28
Focal length f = 18.10-29.78-41.20mm
Fno. 3.60-4.70-5.88
Half angle ? = 36.92-24.55-18.27 °
Image height Y = 13.60mm
54.22-49.85-51.81mm lens length
BF 0.50mm
Example 7
Zoom ratio 3.00
Focal length f = 18.10-37.01-54.30mm
Fno. 4.20-6.20-8.20
Half angle ? = 36.92-20.17-14.06 °
Image height Y = 13.60mm
64.74-56.63-62.13mm lens length
BF 0.50mm
Example 8
Zoom ratio 1.91
Focal length f = 10.30-15.00-19.70mm
Fno. 3.90-4.83-5.76
Half angle ? = 52.98-42.31-34.74 °
Image height Y = 13.66mm
58.84-53.45-52.25mm lens length
BF 0.50mm
Example 10
Zoom ratio 1.91
Focal length f = 9.27-13.49-17.71mm
Fno. 4.12-4.93-5.76
Half angle ? = 55.84-45.36-37.65 °
Image height Y = 13.66mm
60.98-55.27-53.91mm lens length
BF 0.50mm
5 Responses
I always defended the opinion that zoom compact lenses are the way to go mirrorless, but this a joke: f/8.2 at 54 mm, seriously?
The lens length specifications say 50-60mm, which doesn’t sound very pancake-like.
Yes, you are right: It seems to be a standard, a bit compact lens, but dark as hell.
Here we go again: I want f=21mm-270mm very, very small, pancake form, yet solidly build (no plastics please!), environmentally sealed, must be f/1.2, max $300 and I expect it to be perfect optically. Laws of physics, anyone? It is all a compromise, guys, you can not have it all, something’s gotta give.
We need pancakes not only for EOS-M but rather for EF & EF-S DSLR’S !!!
Come on Canon bring us the tools we need & want otherwise we’ll look elsewhere !!