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They did it - stoppingdown - 12-15-2016 I'm no expert of optics and materials, but I have some (constantly fading) notions of physics. Since a long time I wondered if it was possible to design a lens element that changes its optic properties with the application of something such as an external electric field. Sony filed a patent about that: Quote:<div>It’s the first time I see such an “electric lens†patent from Sony. It describes a zoom lens having normal optical elements and in the center two liquid crystal lenses. The liquid crystal lenses can change the “refractive index†with the use of electric signal. Sony writes: </div> http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/first-brand-new-sony-patent-discloses-electric-lens-design/ |