Nikon is working on curved sensor camera and this is not new, we have published a patent back in 2016 that was showing a curved image sensor patent by Nikon. In a recent patent document revealed by patent Hunter blog we can clearly see that Nikon is working on a 20mm full frame lens made for curved sensor camera by having a aperture of 2.0.
Nikon Patent Details
[Publication date] May 10, 1998 (2018.5.10)
imaging lens [Title of the invention] the manufacturing method of an imaging apparatus and an imaging lens
Specification and lens — arrangement the of Embodiment 2
Focal length = 20.0 mm
F No. = 2.0
Image height = 20.8 mm
That’s really a great news and we may see Nikon future Mirrorless cameras. We will update you as soon as we get any new information.
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