Those are the latest and most interesting patent applications filed by Nikon:
Patent application for a new AF-S DX Nikkor 18-135mm F3.5-5.6G ED VR. I say “NEW” because the current AF-S DX 18-135mm has been discontinued (reported back in June, 2009) and this patent application was filed on August 28th, 2009.
My guess is that this will [...]
After yesterday’s rumor, a reader posted a link to a Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm F1.2G patent on a Japanese site (English translation):
Focal length f = 51.63mm
Brightness F = 1.25
Overall length: 94.94mm optics
The patent was filed on July 2nd, 2008 and was published on January 21st, 2010. I could not find any reference to this lens in [...]
No, no that Dr. Evil. I am talking about EVIL camera (Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens). There has been a lot of talk lately on that topic. Other companies are not shy of releasing EVIL products left and right, the latest one being the Ricoh GXR, which has a cartridge system that packs the lens and [...]
In this post I will use the patent interpretations from a NR reader who has a much better “patents reading abilities” than me:
We have another 32 mm f/1.2 lens (for the 17 mm format sensor) which will make a 80 mm equivalent (patent# 20090273851):
The same above patent refers to “employable as an interchangeable lens system”.
Patent 20090273841 [...]
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