New patent: the Nikon Coolpix P900 camera replacement could have a 100x zoom lens

• 9 years ago
• Categories: Nikon Patents, Nikon Point and Shoot
• Tags: Nikon Coolpix P1000, Nikon Coolpix P900 replacement rumors

  

Nikon Japan has a new patent for a compact super zoom camera with a 100x optical zoom lens (4.4-440mm f/2.8-8.3 or 24-2400mm equivalent) designed for a 1/2.3″ sensor. The current Nikon Coolpix P900 model ($499.98) has a 83x optical zoom (24-2000mm). Here are the details of the patent application:

• Patent Publication No. 2016-65912
• Published: April 28, 2016
• Filing date: September 24th, 2014
• Zoom ratio: 97x
• f 4.430 43.630 429.712
• Fno 2.70160 5.08497 8.28574
• ω 43.39124 5.27441 0.53600
• Bf 0.400 0.400 0.400
• Bf (air length equivalent) 10.972 1.642 1.623
• TL 130.7843 173.5863 217.4697
• TL (air length equivalent) 131.0263 173.8283 217.7117

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