Canon RF 14mm f/1.4L VCM on the Way?
Key Points:
- Canon's patent application 2026-003292 reveals designs for several fast prime lenses, including a likely RF 20mm f/1.4 VCM and interesting 14mm f/1.4 embodiments aligned with the VCM lens family’s form factor.
- The 14mm f/1.4 lenses in the patent feature an optimal lens length around 99mm and focus on minimizing object distance, though they offer only about 0.1x magnification and lack image stabilization.
- These lenses are expected to be optically complex, solidly built, and potentially expensive, appealing especially to astrophotography enthusiasts if aberrations like coma are well controlled.
- It is unusual for Canon to release multiple lenses from the same