Om Digital patented a variation of the currently existing 12-100mm f/4 lens. The new design would become a 12-100mm f/3.5-6.0 lens. Probably to have a more affordable option.

Ymcinema spotted a new Panasonic patent disclosing the design of a camera with Variable Built-In Electronic ND Filter. If Panasonic manages to bring this idea into production it would be…

Asobinet spotted a newly published patent from OM Digital that describes the use of the Image stabilization system for accurate astronomical tracking. Because of earths rotations star move in the…

Asobinet spotted a newly published Sigma 42.5mm f/1.2 MFT lens patent. This really looks like the current Leica 42,5mm lens design. So maybe Panasonic licensed the design from Sigma?

Sigma patented the design for the 20mm f/1.4 MFT lens,  35mm f/1.4 MFT lens and a new 40mm f/1.4 MFT lens. The very interesting part is that the optical design…

Sigma patented two new Micro Four Thirds lens designs. But it's unclear yet if Sigma will really launch those new 40mm f/1.4 and 35mm f/1.4 primes. Or maybe they will…

A new patent describes the design of two MFT lenses: 20mm f/1.4 Focal length: 21.18 F-value: 1.48 Angle of view: 59.84 Image height: 11.15 Total length: 55.00 25mm f/1.4 Focal…

Two new patents spotted by Asobinet (patent one and patent two) show that these Konica Minolta design nearly exactly match the optical design of the LEICA DG 10-25mm and 25-50mm…

Asobinet spotted a new patent from OM Digital. It discloses the design for a new 28-1200mm f/1.6-4.8 lens that could be used by a future SP-100 successor. But a patent…