New Patent: Nikon 100x Optical Super Zoom Lens

Nikon COOLPIX P900

Nikon Japan has filed a new patent – 100x optical super zoom lens (4.4-440mm f/2.8-8.3 or 24-2400mm equivalent) which is designed for a Nikon 1/2.3″ sensor compact camera. The current Nikon COOLPIX P900 super zoom compact camera has a 83x (24-2000mm) optical zoom range. It seems that the next super zoom compact camera from Nikon will have a 100x optical zoom range.

Take a look at the patent details below translated by Google.

  • Patent Publication No. 2016-65912
    • Published 2016.4.28
    • Filing date 2014.9.24
  • Example
    • Zoom ratio 97.00
    • f 4.430 43.630 429.712
    • Fno 2.70160 5.08497 8.28574
    • ω 43.39124 5.27441 0.53600
    • Bf 0.400 0.400 0.400
    • Bf (air length equivalent) 10.972 1.642 1.623
    • TL 130.7843 173.5863 217.4697
    • TL (air length equivalent) 131.0263 173.8283 217.7117

Via: Egami