A more specific liquid lens patent from Sony…
I found a more specifi liquid lens patent from Sony. It descibes a very compact zoom lens. I need your help to find out the specs aperture and focal lenght because I am not smart enough to understand all those crazy data 
Here is the link to the patent (.pdf): http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20100284091.pdf
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Comment from niels: So... It must be a lens for mobile phone...
Comment from Carl: Based on the attributes of the lens, the...
Comment from BMan: Hey Andrea!
The pdf says that this le...
BMan
2 years ago |Hey Andrea!
The pdf says that this lens is intended for miniature cameras (e.g. mobile phones).
The specs also say f=3.7 mm F2.7 and angle of view 67 degrees. (this implies a very small sensor – aka. huge crop factor)
I don’t think this will ever find a way into the alpha system
Carl
2 years ago |Based on the attributes of the lens, the sensor it’s for has a crop factor is in the ballpark of 7.5x.
niels
2 years ago |So… It must be a lens for mobile phone, I can’t imaging a normal digital camera with a fixed lens