Nikon wants to concept external cooling for cameras patent

Nikon has in Japan a patent pending for a koelsyteem for digital cameras, where the tripod mount of the camera may serve as the inlet for the cooling air. The system could, for example, can be integrated into a battery grip for slr cameras.

According to the request that the Japanese patentblog Egami published, would Nikon the cooling fan and the opening for the suction of the air in the side of the battery grip of a slr camera can stop. The system would be the outgoing air would then via a custom tripod mount in the camera, you can presses to allow the sensor to cool. The heated air away through holes at the top of the camera. The electronic link between the camera and the battery grip controls the rotational speed of the fan; the fan would be a variable speed, that instructions of the camera.

In the patent application is also a variant with an external grip without batterijmogelijkheid where the fan is at the bottom of the grip and the air directly into the opening of the tripod can blow. Nikon is for the Nikon 1 models already have an external grip which the manufacturer can build.

The patent appears to be especially useful for video. For longer recordings increases the temperature of the image sensor. This reduces the image quality. Also in warm areas would an external cooling outcome to be able to offer the so-called ‘versterkingsruis to reduce. By the use of an external cooling system, can the base system be kept small.