Nikon, so here is the patent for the superzoom with 100x optical

I still remember well the time when the category of 'super zoom' cameras fell those with greater zoom range of 12x. Now that a value you can find it written on the pocket compact, superzoom while they push values even once only imaginable: the queen (in terms of focal length) is Nikon Coolpix P900, with a view that can cover 24 equivalent focal to 2000mm, with its 83x zoom. At most of the excursion we speak of a true focal paparazzo, difficult to reach on other types of systems, except with very specific objectives.

Marketing is made up of numbers and perhaps quel'83x by a sense of incompleteness to the machine: "Why do not you take it up to 100?" - Must be what they thought the technicians of research and development of Nikon. And so it seems to have been, at least judging by the patent filed recently by the Japanese house. The patent covers, in fact, a view can cover the size 1 / 2.3 "(the one used by most compact), with focal real 4.4-440mm, which translated into the equivalent size for 35mm lenses means focal lengths from 24mm to 2400mm. the goal started well, with aperture f / 2.8, but in the extreme focal gets much darker, with aperture f / 8.3.

In this focus, with so little light or stabilization will be able to do a super job, or it will be hard to bring home the really usable shots, having to deal with, or moved, or with the grain of using sensitivity very high. At the moment it is not yet known when and if this goal will actually be used on a commercial product, but according to the evolution of the sector, it will probably be the card that Nikon will decide to play for his bridge is to remain on the throne of the queen that there 's It has longer as soon as competition were to try to approach.