It’s Friday – time for another Nikon patents update. First, a new patent application for a 10mm f/2 wide angle lens with a 155° angle of view: Next patent application 20110080659 is for a 18mm f/2.8 DX format (28mm equivalent). This lens is not designed for F-mount (back focus is 19mm) and is compact (58mm from image plane to front element) – […]
Few weeks ago I reported on a Nikon patent about a light meter built into the prism. Nikon has filed a series of related patents. One of them is 7876373 which describes a camera with a hybrid viewfinder: “One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a means capable of confirming the state of field and the […]
Patent 2010-224290 is for a light meter built into the prism (for use during video recording?): “This invention relates to the camera which has a photometry sensor which measures the strength of the light with the light led to the optical finder and the optical finder. Problem to be solved: to make effective use of a […]
Time for another Nikon patents update. The first patent 2011-28177 is for a Nikon’s own “half mirror” with a mirror-up function: This technology is similar to Sony’s translucent mirror. Here is a quick comparison between both technologies:
Nikon filed a patent in Japan for a projector built in a DSLR. We already have the Coolpix S1100pj point and shoot camera with a built-in projector and Nikon is at least thinking of bringing that technology into a DSLR camera. The cool part is that the projection will happen through the electronic viewfinder (the […]
Nikon patent application 20110007403 is for a new full frame 200-500mm f/4-5.6 lens: “The present invention is made in view of the above described problem, and has an object to provide a zoom optical system capable of coping with the problem of variation in aberrations upon zooming and obtaining excellent optical performance, an optical apparatus […]
Nikon currently doesn’t have any underwater housings in their product line. Here a is a patent* (2010-197939) for an underwater housing that can connect to an external tank of compressed air in order to prevent condensation inside the camera housing:
