Also Canon will release a pancake zoom for the EOS-M system!

January 21, 2014
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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