Nikon filed another patent in Japan for a Nikkor PC-E 19mm f/4 tilt shift lens. Nikon has already filed at least two similar lens patents in the past. I have reliable information that this lens will be officially announced at Photokina or latest by the end of the year.
Here are the patent details:
- Patent # 2016-136212
- Patent published on July 28, 2016
- Patent filed on January 23, 2015
- f = 19.569 (focal length)
- FNO = 4.1 (aperture)
- ω = 59.317 (half angle of view)
- Y = 21.6 (image height)
- TL = 177.952 (total length)
- Bf = 56.400 (backfocus)
Via Egami