Category Archives: Nikon Patents

Nikon’s patents for the week (Nikon AF-S 85mm f/1.4 VR)

By [NR] admin | Published: October 2, 2009

Some readers have already noticed that patent 20090244724 is for a 85mm f/1.4 lens with VR: For comparison, the current Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 model: According to the patent application this lens will have VR: “A lens group or a portion of a lens group may be shifted in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis as a vibration […]

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We should pay a very close attention to this patent (Nikon Micro AF-S 85mm f/3.5 DX VR)

By [NR] admin | Published: August 17, 2009

We should pay a very close attention to Nikon patent 20090190220 (already discussed here and here) for the Nikon AF-S 85mm f/3.5 DX VR lens 😉 Don’t ask me why – just do it… Update: as a reader already noted (quote from the patent application): “An internal focus type MACRO lens having an image blur correction […]

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More Nikon patents

By [NR] admin | Published: August 11, 2009

More Nikon patent applications became public in the past few days. Here is what I found to be interesting : Illuminating device for photographing and camera – a LED based flash? “An illuminating unit having a plurality of light emitting elements with axes of illuminating light fluxes from the plurality of light emitting elements different […]

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More Nikon patents – hint for a mirrorless Nikon camera?

By [NR] admin | Published: August 5, 2009

Nikon filed a bunch of patents at the end of 2008 – here is the patent search result of Nikon + lens. Please note that most of those are just patent applications and may or may not lead to a final production model. The first interesting patent appears to be for a 24mm f/1.4 (application […]

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Nikon continues to push DX lenses? ( new Nikkor 85mm VR DX patent)

By [NR] admin | Published: August 2, 2009

Very busy week – those rumors just won’t stop (check the latest Leica and Sony rumors). Back to Nikon: there is a new Nikon patent for what it appears to be a 85mm VR DX lens. This patent is not yet listed on Google Patents, but can be found here. Maybe somebody more technical than me can interpret […]

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New Nikon patents – it’s all about the headset

By [NR] admin | Published: May 9, 2009

Tethered shooting via a headset? Maybe this is not that far away. Few months ago Nikon released the Nikon Media Port UP300x video headset and now there are 3 new patent application that just became public today: Wearable display: “A proposition is to provide a wearable display suitable for enjoying contents including images by plural users […]

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New Nikon patent for remaining battery life

By [NR] admin | Published: April 29, 2009

The new patent is for a new system that will track the amount of work done with the camera and based on that to calculate the remaining battery life. The current system track only the number of shots taken without taking in consideration any other power consuming feature (flash, zooming, LCD, etc). Via Examiner Patent […]

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A bunch of new patent applications from Nikon

By [NR] admin | Published: April 7, 2009

Those are basically Nikon patent applications from the last few months of 2008 that just became public. I will go trough them in more details and will report later on if I find something interesting. Feel free to help me out – it’s a lot of reading: Illuminating optical apparatus, exposure apparatus and device manufacturing […]

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