Nikon has two more patents designed for a camera with 1″ sensor: 1-10mm f/2.8-4 VR (28-280mm equivalent) 9-110mm f/2.8-5.6 VR (24-300mm equivalent) After Nikon confirmed on several occasions that their Nikon 1 mirrorless line is not dead (reported first by dpreview), it is safe to assume that a new Nikon 1 J6 mirrorless camera with 4k video […]
Nikon has a new patent for a 4.3-357mm f/2-6.5 VR lens designed for cameras equipped with 1/2.3″ sensor (24-2000mm equivalent). There is a good chance that this lens could be used in the replacement of the popular Nikon Coolpix P900 camera ($529). For comparison, the P900 has a 4.3-357mm f/2.8-6.5 lens – the zoom will basically remain […]
Nikon has a new patent for a 7.4-600mm f/2.8-6.3 lens designed for cameras with 1″ sensor (20-1620mm f/2.8-6.3 equivalent) – this is a 81x zoom to be exact (described as 75x zoom in the patent). Maybe this will be for a new super-zoom DL camera similar to the Coolpix P900, but with 1″ sensor. Here are […]
I have been reporting for months now that Nikon will slowly update many of their current tele photo lenses with a fluorite (FL) element (see the difference between Nikon’s fluorite lens and fluorine coating). You can see the initial list of upgrade candidates that date back to 2014. There has been several patents in the past for […]
Tamron filed a patent in Japan for a 115mm f/1.4 VC full frame DSLR lens. Here are the details:
Nikon has a new patent application filed recently in Japan for a multi-aperture computational camera similar to the Light L16. Nikon’s patent is for a compact camera with four different sensors paired with four different lenses (with different angle of view).
Nikon filed another patent in Japan for a Nikkor PC-E 19mm f/4 tilt shift lens. Nikon has already filed at least two similar lens patents in the past. I have reliable information that this lens will be officially announced at Photokina or latest by the end of the year. Here are the patent details:
Nikon Japan has a new patent for a compact super zoom camera with a 100x optical zoom lens (4.4-440mm f/2.8-8.3 or 24-2400mm equivalent) designed for a 1/2.3″ sensor. The current Nikon Coolpix P900 model ($499.98) has a 83x optical zoom (24-2000mm). Here are the details of the patent application:
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