Flat lenses !

heartyfisher

Just when we thought phase fresnel was awesome ... What a revolution ! Flat lenses from nanotechnology !

http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2015/02/perfect-colors-captured-with-one-ultra-thin-lens

Imagine lenses with 5% of current weight !! and maybe 20-50 % of current lengths and At least 1 stop in aperture improvement ! !!

Would be amazing with the onset of the mirror-less era. This enables whole new design concepts for cameras !!

Msmoto

So many great ideas.....and when I see the 800mm f/5.6 in a size of a 50mm f/1.4 Summilux, and with better resolution....if that is possible...LOL....then I will get excited.

haroldp

All you need is a 16X extender.

heartyfisher

So many great ideas.....and when I see the 800mm f/5.6 in a size of a 50mm f/1.4 Summilux, and with better resolution....if that is possible...LOL....then I will get excited.

The front element would still be the same diameter :-) but you could probably hand hold it :-) . At about 1 lb :-) would be the heaviest nikkor lense.

Pistnbroke

Dated 2012 its 2015 now ...not seen one ....

trolley

It says it was originally reported in 2012, but they've made a major improvement this year.
So 2015

heartyfisher

Its an awesome break through .. so many things can be done with it that were impossible before !! exciting stuff for the next 10 years ! especially combining with liquid lenses for VR !!