OM Digital says it will not join the L-mount

There was a time it looked like Panasonic and Olympus would be no more close friends. Well, today they made a joint live stream to strengthen their commitment to the Micro Four Thirds system. And OM Digital clearly said they will not join the L-mount system nor do any other kind of Full Frame camera.

Some more info

OM digital:

  • We’ve tried designing an f/1.0 lens, but it’s hard to deal with the autofocus system.
  • We are developing a new kind of product family
  • There will be a product something worth the wait
  • PEN-F didn’t sell well…but a successor isn’t excluded yet
  • We will not go into the Full Frame market
  • We will not join the L-mount system

Panasonic:

  • We are developing both MFT cameras and lenses
  • Lenses with 800+ range are being discussed internally

Plenty of Canon RF lens patents show new compact f/2.8 RF primes and macro lenses

Canon makes no secret about their intention to push hard on the RF lens development. Here are the latest patents for compact f/2.8 primes and new macro lenses:

12mm f/2.8

  • Focal length: 12.35 mm
  • F number: 2.88
  • Half angle of view: 60.28
  • Image height: 21.64 mm
  • Lens length: 80.22 mm
  • BF 16.54 mm

14mm f/2.8

  • Focal length: 14.42 mm
  • F number: 2.88
  • Half angle of view: 56.32
  • Image height: 21.64 mm
  • Lens length: 91.61 mm
  • BF 17.29 mm

20mm f/2.8

  • Focal length: 19.48 mm
  • F number: 2.88
  • Half angle of view: 48.02
  • Image height: 21.65 mm
  • Lens length: 90.74 mm
  • BF 19.35 mm

100mm 65mm and 36mm macro lenses
Magnigification: -1.00E-06 -0.5 -1.4
Focal length: 100.81 65.87 36.01 mm
Ｆ number: 2.92 4.49 6.64
Image height: 21.64 21.64 21.64 mm
Lens length: 162.37 162.37 162.37 mm
BF: 14.66 14.66 14.66 mm

via CanonWatch