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Nikon 35mm F1.0 G Lens Patent

dx-35mm-f1.0-lensNew DX Nikon 35mm F1.0 G Lens Patent surfaced over the web, currently the Nikon have 35mm F1.8G AF-S DX Lens so adding a F1.0 lens will sure add some excitement to DX format users.Take a look at the details below…

Patent Details are below (Translated by google)

Explanation self interpretation of patent literature

  • Patent Publication No. 2015-41003
    • Published 2015.3.2
    • Filing date 2013.8.22
  • Example 1
    • The focal length f = 36.106mm
    • Fno. 1.015
    • Half angle ω = 21.840mm
    • Image height Y = 14.25mm
    • Total length 80.513mm
    • BF 6.803mm
    • Lens construction 10 group 12 sheets
    • Converter magnification β = 0.7 times
    • Master lens (positive) + converter (positive and negative positive)

Also see – Nikon Patent – Honeycomb Sensor with Sub-pixel to Improve Dynamic Range

Nikon Patent - Nikon 600 mm F4 Fluorite Lens

Nikon-600-mm-F4-Fluorite-LeNikon is keeping its concentration on updating super telephoto lenses with the Fluorite coating, the latest patent shows new 600mm F4 lens added with Fluorite coating.

Nikon’s fluorine coating technology

Nikon Patent - Honeycomb Sensor with Sub-pixel to Improve Dynamic Range

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According to latest patent surfaced over the web Nikon is working on completely new sensor tech that will improve the dynamic range of the sensor dramatically, this can be achieved by adding four sub-pixel along side the main pixel,

Explanation and self-interpretation of the patent literature (translated by google)

Patent Publication No. 2014-175992

  • Published 2014.9.22
  • Filing date 2013.3.12

Nikon patents

  • I a second pixel (sub-pixel) around four locations of the first pixel
  • Four of the second pixel, the first pixel of the same color of the color filter
  • And reads five pixels inside by adding more than 2 pixels

Signal and read out by adding one or more pixels of the four sub-pixels, and select the wide dynamic range between the center pixel

The Nikon sensor design patent mentioned will sure increase the dynamic range as well as the ISO range of the camera, the sensor will possibly also give to control the dynamic range manually.

See more patent by Nikon and the source of this post is egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp

Nikon Patent - More Sensitive Pixels

Nikon-new-sensor-patentA new patent surfaced over the web that shows a new sensor technology to optimize the spectral sensitivity characteristics for each pixel, take a look

Explanation and self-interpretation of the patent literature

Patent Publication No. 2014-168016

  • Published 2014.9.11
  • Filing date 2013.2.28

Nikon patents

  • To optimize the spectral sensitivity characteristics for each pixel
  • Pixels having different depths, corresponding to the transmission wavelength band of the color filter

Separates the adjacent pixels, it is possible to suppress the crosstalk between the pixels, and reduces the mixing

Nikon 1 Lens Patent 10-145mm Lens

Nikon 1 lens latest patent surfaced over the web, the Nikon is 10-145mm F4-5.6 of the patent is pending, see the details below
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Description and self-interpretation of the patent literature

  • 2014-89283 – Patent Publication No. 2014-89293
    • Publication date 2014.5.15
    • Filing date 2012.10.30
  • Example 2
    • The zoom ratio 14.13
    • Focal length f = 10.30-145.50mm
    • Fno. 4.08-5.71
    • Half angle ω = 39.62-3.01 °
    • Image height Y = 8.00mm
    • 112.60-162.60mm total length
    • 5-group zoom of positive and negative TadashiTadashiTadashi

Nikon Working on a Medium Format Camera

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Now we have some proof that Nikon is also working on a medium format camera, (see Canon medium format rumor here) Japanese patent hunting blog egami surfaced a Nikon Medium format Lens Patent information.

Nikon is 100 mm F2.5 Medium format Lens patent image
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Nikon 100mm F2.5 Medium format lens Patent details (Translated by google)

  • Patent Publication No. 2013-174794,2013-174794
    • Publication date 2013.9.5
    • Filing date 2012.2.27
  • Example 1
    • Focal length f = 100.00000mm
    • Fno. 2.46
    • Angle of view 2ω = 62.94 °
    • Image height Y = 60.00mm
    • BF 81.98720mm
    • Length 254.57217mm
    • Six 5-group lens configuration
    • Two 3 aspherical surface
  • Nikon patents
    • Negative negative negative positive positive
    • Rear focus

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Nikon Patent Electrically Controlled Low-Pass Filter

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Nikon Patent electrically controlled OPLF, users can control OPLF by flip of button, in current line-up Nikon coolpix A,  Nikon D7100 and D800E doesn’t have OPLF.

Description and self-interpretation of the patent literature

  • Patent Publication No. 2013-156379
    • Publication date 2013.8.15
    • Filing date 2012.1.27
  • Nikon patents
    • I will be incident side birefringence section, the liquid crystal unit, from the injection side birefringence section
    • Function of the liquid crystal unit
      • Electrically controllable, the rotation of the polarization direction

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