Category Archives: Nikon Patents

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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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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