Nikon continues to push DX lenses? ( new Nikkor 85mm VR DX patent)

Very busy week – those rumors just won’t stop (check the latest Leica and Sony rumors). Back to Nikon: Creativemayhem spotted a Nikon patent for what it appears to be a 85mm VR DX lens:

“It was filed on the 4th December 2008 and published on the 28th July 2009.  The patent describes the design for a fixed focal length lens with VR. In the tests, the lenses focal length is referred to as 85mm. The patent article goes into quite deep discussion of a technical nature about how the lens is designed.”

This patent is not yet listed on Google Patents, but can be found here. Maybe somebody more technical than me can interpret those formula and numbers. If not, read the article @ Creativemayhem – it’s very detailed.

Patents applications do not necessary lead to a final production model.

FIY Nikon has released 3 DX and 1 FX lenses this year.

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