CANON EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

JP 2007-108398 A, Numerical Example 1 — Hiroshi Endo

21 ELEMENTS (19 GLASS + 2 RESIN) / 12 GROUPS
f = 17.50–53.44 mm
F/2.9 (marketed f/2.8)
2ω = 75.9°–28.7°
3 ASPHERICAL SURFACES (2 RESIN HYBRID, 1 GLASS)

Focus Mechanism

Inferred inner focus: Group 2 moves toward the object at wide/middle using approximate 0.35 m endpoints; tele focus endpoints remain identical to infinity because no finite cam is reconstructed. The original publishes infinity spacings only. These controls do not establish production finite-focus behavior.

Optical Elements (21 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Negative MeniscusPBH53 (compatible catalog spectral proxy; source supplier, melt and chemistry unresolved)
L2Biconvex PositiveS-BSM14 (compatible catalog spectral proxy; source supplier, melt and chemistry unresolved)
L3Positive MeniscusS-LAL8 (compatible catalog spectral proxy; source supplier, melt and chemistry unresolved)
Resin1Negative Meniscus (1× Asph)Unmatched optical resin (original resin label and published d/C/F/g; chemistry unresolved)
L4gNegative MeniscusS-LAH65V (compatible catalog spectral proxy; source supplier, melt and chemistry unresolved)
L5Biconcave NegativeS-LAH55V (compatible catalog spectral proxy; source supplier, melt and chemistry unresolved)
L6Biconvex PositiveS-LAH60 (compatible catalog spectral proxy; source supplier, melt and chemistry unresolved)
L7Biconcave NegativeS-LAH65V (compatible catalog spectral proxy; source supplier, melt and chemistry unresolved)
L8Biconvex PositiveS-TIH6 (compatible catalog spectral proxy; source supplier, melt and chemistry unresolved)
L9Biconvex PositiveS-BAL35 (compatible catalog spectral proxy; source supplier, melt and chemistry unresolved)
L10Biconvex Positive (1× Asph)S-BAL42 (compatible catalog spectral proxy; source supplier, melt and chemistry unresolved)
L11Negative MeniscusPBH53 (compatible catalog spectral proxy; source supplier, melt and chemistry unresolved)
L12Positive MeniscusPBH53 (compatible catalog spectral proxy; source supplier, melt and chemistry unresolved)
L13Biconcave NegativeS-LAL14 (compatible catalog spectral proxy; source supplier, melt and chemistry unresolved)
L14Negative MeniscusPBH53 (compatible catalog spectral proxy; source supplier, melt and chemistry unresolved)
L15Positive MeniscusS-BAL35 (compatible catalog spectral proxy; source supplier, melt and chemistry unresolved)
Resin2Positive Meniscus (1× Asph)Unmatched optical resin (original resin label and published d/C/F/g; chemistry unresolved)
L16aNegative MeniscusS-LAH60 (compatible catalog spectral proxy; source supplier, melt and chemistry unresolved)
L17Biconvex PositiveS-FPL51 (compatible catalog spectral proxy; source supplier, melt and chemistry unresolved)
L18Biconvex PositiveS-FPL51 (compatible catalog spectral proxy; source supplier, melt and chemistry unresolved)
L19Negative MeniscusS-NBH51 (compatible catalog spectral proxy; source supplier, melt and chemistry unresolved)