Category Archives: Nikon Patents

Patents for Nikon 24-120mm f/4 and 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 lenses

By [NR] admin | Published: August 18, 2010

Japanese Patent application 2010-175899 (release date: August 12, 2010 | filing date: January 30, 2009) seems to cover several different lens designs, two of them are for the lenses that will be announced tonight: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR: f = 24.70-116.39mm Fno = 4.12-4.14 Angle: 85.24-20.28 ° Image circle: 43.2mm Length: 146.351-190.957mm Back focus: […]

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Nikon patents update: new 24mm lens and more EVIL

By [NR] admin | Published: August 16, 2010

A quick update on the latest Nikon patents before the announcements start tomorrow. Patent application 20100195221 is for a 24mm FX wide angle lens. Two examples are shown – one with f/2.8 and one with f/3.5: First example (f/2.8) | Second example (f/3.5): f = 24.698     | 24.400 (focal length) FNO = 2.9 […]

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Another day, another Nikon EVIL patent

By [NR] admin | Published: August 2, 2010

Mirrorless camera with a mirror? This time the patent drawings are interesting because they reveal the full glory of the EVIL concept, incl. the electronic viewfinder, which appears to have a… mirror. My guess here is that the mirror is used to magnify the view from the finder: The mirror could explain also this drawing from […]

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Nikon’s EVIL camera may have DX size sensor

By [NR] admin | Published: July 30, 2010

Based on previous Nikon’s patent applications, the initial estimation of the sensor in the upcoming EVIL camera was 17mm in diagonal (image circle). For comparison the m4/3 sensor is 21.6 mm. This news was a bit disappointing, but now there is hope. Few weeks ago Thom Hogan and [NR] forum member JonnyApple suggested that the Nikon may be […]

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Continuous AF in video mode/live view patent (used in the upcoming Nikon D3100)

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

As some readers already noted, this previously covered patent application could be the base of the new continuous AF in video mode/live view feature which will first be implemented in the new Nikon D3100 DSLR camera. As you can see from the drawings, Nikon produced various camera configuration as a possible implementations of this patent, […]

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Nikon patents that could be related to the upcoming mirrorless camera

By [NR] admin | Published: July 13, 2010

With the latest news about the upcoming mirrorless camera and Nikon’s search for online and mobile partners, I mentioned that there were some related patent applications filed by Nikon in the past. This is what I found: Patent Application 20090270125 and granted US patent 7646417 are for “Mobile phone equipped with a camera”. The drawings […]

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It’s Nikon patents Friday!

By [NR] admin | Published: July 9, 2010

Update on the latest patents applications from Nikon – this is a long post, make sure you “read more”. First, the patent applications from Japan (no direct links possible) – the first set of patents appears to be for the upcoming EVIL system: Patent application 2010-054660 – “To provide a camera for reliably closing a […]

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Interesting Nikon patents (curved image sensor and more)

By [NR] admin | Published: June 20, 2010

Nikon’s curved image sensor patent (Google translation) will improve the sharpness in the corners of the image: Patent publication number 2010-109096 Release date 2010/05/13 Filing Date 2008/10/29 Using a lens with field curvature aberration The image plane conversion element, sandwiched between the lens and image sensor Each pixel has a single optical transmission pipe Element […]

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