Category Archives: Nikon Patents

Update on the latest Nikon patents filed in Japan

By [NR] admin | Published: November 25, 2010

Patent application 2010-186640 is for a flash with built-in cooling fan: “Problem to be solved: to provide a heat radiation device for easily installing on an existing lighting device and surely radiating heat of light-emitting section.” Patent application 2010-186641 appears to be for a new small flash: “Problem to be solved: to provide a lighting […]

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Nikon files patent applications for an interchangeable sensor and 80-400mm f/4.6-5.4 lens (updated)

By [NR] admin | Published: November 15, 2010

Nikon filed a patent application in Japan for a interchangeable/removable sensor. This patent application is not yet uploaded in the English language website of the Japanese Patent Office (they update this every few months) and the details are not clear, but it seems that the sensor is inserted into a guide rail and Nikon somehow have also addressed […]

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Patent application reveals new drawings of a Nikon mirrorless interchangeable lens camera

By [NR] admin | Published: November 4, 2010

Japanese patent application (2010-250149) contains some drawings of the upcoming Nikon mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. The news here is the flash (#14) which was not present in previous drawings (see here, here and here):

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The latest Nikon patents from Japan

By [NR] admin | Published: October 23, 2010

Those are the latest Nikon patent applications filed in Japan. I would like to remind you again that filing a patent doesn’t necessarily mean that a specific technology will be implemented. The text is machine translated, no direct links are available. Patent application 2010-145882 is for a clever way of implementing bounce flash: “Problem to be solved: To provide an […]

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New Nikon patents (US update)

By [NR] admin | Published: October 22, 2010

I will have another update on the latest patent applications from Japan in few hours. First, the latest patent applications filed in the US: US patent application 20100238540 proposes a way of eliminating harmful UV light in the lens in order to protect your eyes (if your sun glasses have UV filter, why not your lens?): “An […]

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Catching up on the latest Nikon patents

By [NR] admin | Published: October 4, 2010

Japanese patent application 2010-128374 is for a new Speedlight with video illumination and specifically a way to cool off the flash efficiently by adding a “heat radiating member”: “Problem to be solved: To efficiently cool an illumination device including a flash light source and a continuous light source. Solution: The illumination device includes: a housing; a flash […]

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Nikon files patents for a new 80-400 f/4.5-5.6 lens and back-illuminated sensor, possibly for their EVIL camera

By [NR] admin | Published: September 1, 2010

US Patent Application 20100214667 from Nikon is for a new 80-400 f/4.5-5.6 lens. Some interesting specs: the lens has a constant length of ~260mm at all focal lengths and possibly 21 elements in 14 groups with 4 ED glass elements (@2, 3, 12 and 15): The current Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED model has 17 elements in […]

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Nikon patents update

By [NR] admin | Published: August 25, 2010

Japanese patent application 2010-117664 shows us few more drawings of the Nikon EVIL camera: and the new Nikon EVIL mount again: See previous Nikon EVIL camera drawings from older patent applications here, here and here.

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