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Patents 6166863 & 6215599

astrophotographer

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I thought I'd share some of the lenses Nikon patented over the last 10 years or so that never saw the light of day. For convenience I've rounded focal lengths and f-stops to common values. We can only speculate on why they didn't come to market.

Patent 7239456: this was to be a 9.5 mm f2.8 DX rectilinear lens with a FOV of 114 deg. A DX equivalent to the 14 mm FX. I suspect the 10-24 killed this.

Patent 6987623: a fisheye lens that can zoom from FX format to DX.

Patent 6710942: a 20 mm f1.4 FX wide angle. It had some radical aspherical elements.

Patent 6556356: a 28-300 f3.5-5.6.

Patent 6239919: This one included specs for a 600 mm f2.8. One BIG lens.

Patents 6166863 & 6215599: an FX shooters dream, 28-200 mm f2.8.

Patent 5757555: This was for the 300 mm f4 back in 1998. But it included designs for a 400 mm f5.6 and a 400 mm f4.

So which one's would you have liked?

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astrophotographer said:

Patent 5757555: This was for the 300 mm f4 back in 1998. But it included designs for a 400 mm f5.6 and a 400 mm f4.

So which one's would you have liked?

One of those last 400mm would be great F4 preferably :)

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Who's to say that they won't use them in the future though?

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NikoDoby

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astrophotographer said:
So which one's would you have liked?

Honestly none of them. Well maybe the 400mm f4. The FX 28-200 f2.8 sounds interesting but it would be too big for a walk around lens.

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rhodium

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If there is one lens on that list that I want to see happen, it would be the 600mm f/2.8. That thing would have a front element almost NINE INCHES wide!

But of course, the most useful lens would be the 28-200mm f/2.8. An excellent walkaround lens. Too bad it'd probably cost as much as a 300mm f/2.8...

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adamz

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600/2.8 - a big monster :)
400/4
400/5.6 - little too dark, but still a nice lens

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600/2.8 - heavy and near $ 20,000
28-200/2.8 - heavy, would have a huge extension when zooming and $4000+

The only one I would like to see is the 400/4

Pete

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astrophotographer

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The one I thought was interesting was the 9.5mm DX. Wonder how much it would have been.

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kyoshinikon

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Patents 6166863 & 6215599 (the 28-200 mm f2.8.) would definitely be a huge seller. I would buy one in a heartbeat. Also that 600mm 2.8 would be a canon killer (with vr now)at sporting games...

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I'd be interested in the 400/4 (to dream, based on expected cost and size) and the DX 9.5/2.8 (to use).

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I'd take a 20mm 1.4 and the 28-200 2.8.

I could sell my 24-70 and 70-200 and never have to switch lenses on a shoot with a 28-200.

My next lens is going to be a 20mm 2.8 even though I am hesitant to get such a "slow" prime so a 1.4 would be awesome.

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ted2001 said:
I'd be interested in the 400/4 (to dream, based on expected cost and size) (to use).

http://nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Nikon/Product/Camera-Lenses/2171/AF-S-NIKKOR-400mm-f%252F2.8G-ED-VR.html

makes the 400 f/4 obselete and look like crap (unless the price was pehnomonaly cheap)

http://nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Nikon/Product/Camera-Lenses/1996/AF-VR-Zoom-NIKKOR-80-400mm-f%252F4.5-5.6D-ED.html could do the job of it...

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