where there’s smoke there’s fire

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 light source which is supported by the housing and generates flash light; the continuous light source which is supported by the housing and generates continuous light; and a heat radiating member which is supported by the housing, thermally coupled to both light sources in common and radiates heat generated due to the generation of the flash light from the flash light source and the generation of the continuous light from the continuous light source to the outside of the housing. The continuous light source can be supported by the housing, so as to be disposed in a direction where the continuous light illuminates the lower part of the housing, when the flash light source faces an object to be illuminated.”

Nikon filed patent applications in Japan for two new macro lenses for their mirrorless camera – 40mm f/2.8 and 60mm f/3.8:

The patent application for the two lenses is 2010-204621 and it was filled on 02/03/2009. Note that the image circle is again 17mm, but as previously reported, Nikon could be obfuscating their lens design in some of the patents. The details:

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