Eduardo
there is a not so much known fact about the newest Canon Lenses which are (to my knowledge) 17mm TSE, 24mm TSE V2, 8-15mm Fisheye Zoom
They use pressed/molded lenses, allowing aspherical constructions not possible with any other technology. You will see it best when you look into the frontlens
of the 17mm directly from the side. There is a "fingerlike" hole in the back of the frontlens, which could not be made with grinding/polishing traditional technology.
Now this is a very interesting point. It actually means that Canon can do lenses with the exact same focal lenght, focuspoints and calibration data, which means (I believe)
they can do these lenses in automated production, one like the other, like prints made of glass. The only variation will come from mounting in differing barrel parts
(this also means there will be mostly very good lenses, very few bad samples).
This is a technology that stands out and is probably giving them some years of development headroom against the competition, including Zeiss, Schneider and Rodenstock.
I would also think that if they would launch a Pro line (which they are doing now with the cinelenses!!!!) with even better tolerances for the barrels they can reach or surpass
their used sensor resolutions for only a bit higher cost but with a significantly better margin.
As I may have said before - I admire Japanese engineering - it always is orientated long term, regarding to kaizen AND company strategy. Very, very clever.........
Greetings from Munich
Stefan
