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:
- Patent Publication No. 2016-65912
- Published: April 28, 2016
- Filing date: September 24th, 2014
- Zoom ratio: 97x
- 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