It is time for another recap of the latest Nikon lens patents I have been collecting over the past few months:
The first patent (P2017-125904A) that was published today is the most interesting – it’s for a 35mm f/2 full frame lens designed for a curved sensor. Please note that the patent does not provide sufficient technical information to determine if this is a mirrorless or a DSLR lens (Nikon had other curved sensor patents in the past).
More Nikon lens patents:
Front Nikkor wide lens converter patent for Nikon 1 water housing.
Another converter lens patent – probably for a fix lens camera.
Wide-angle Nikkor zoom mirrorless lens patent
Nikon 1 Micro NIKKOR VR 30mm f/2.8 lens patent
Nikon 18-55mm f/3.6-6 lens patent for APS-C based mirrorless camera
New Nikon 1 AW lens patents (filed February 9th, 2017) – lens groups are moved to switch from land use to underwater use:
- 7-14mm/3.5-4.5 (air) which becomes 6-11mm f/3.5-4.5 lens underwater
- 10-45mm f/4.5-5.4 (air) which becomes 8.3-30.4mm f/4.6-6.2 underwater
- 10-100/4.6-5.8 (air) which becomes 9.5-38mm f/4.6-5.6 underwater
There are some other Nikon lens patents with weird focal lengths: 110-166mm f/3.7 – f/5.6, 85-183mm f/4.5-f/5.8 and 90mm f/4.
The patent for the recently announced Nikkor 8-15mm lens can be found here.
