Links: Photography Bay.com Article / US Patent and Trademark Office Application /

Reading that Canon had recently applied to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for two new patents for camera lenses, we suspect that Canon will be releasing a new 70-200mm f/2.8 IS USM lens and a new EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro IS USM lens. We're looking forward to seeing these new lenses if and when they come to market.

It seems like during every round of product releases over the past couple of years or so there have been rumors of a refreshed version of Canon's popular 70-200mm f/2.8 IS and non-IS lenses. Well, we may be in luck for a replacement soon.

Earlier this week, the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") published a Canon patent application for the optical system of a 70-200mm f/2.8 lens. I saw no mention of the image stabilization in my brief skim of the patent; however, that doesn't necessarily mean that these optics (or at least one version of them) won't have a stabilization system attached when the lens hits the market. For those of you who want to subject yourself to the agony of reading a patent about a lens, you can find the full application for the 70-200mm lens on the USPTO site here.

(Source: Photography Bay.com)