LEICA SUPER-VARIO-ELMAR-TL 11-23mm f/3.5-4.5 ASPH.

JP 2016-133764 A — Atsuo Masui, Yasunari Fukuda

14 ELEMENTS / 11 GROUPS
MODEL EFL ≈ 11.308-22.366 mm
F/3.6-4.61
4 ASPHERICAL SURFACES

Focus Mechanism

Focus motion not modeled: JP 2016-133764 A Example 6 publishes infinity-focus wide/middle/tele spacings only and names no focus group. Leica specifies 0.2 m minimum focus; the zoom gaps are repeated at both focus endpoints.

Optical Elements (14 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Negative Meniscus729547 — lanthanum crown class (supplier unproven)
L2Neg. Meniscus (2× Asph)L-LAH84 spectral proxy (patent 809404 coordinate; low-Tg class inferred; supplier unconfirmed)
L3Positive Meniscus699301 — dense flint class (supplier unproven)
L4Biconcave Negative497816 — ultra-low-dispersion crown class (supplier unproven)
L5Positive Meniscus596392 — flint class (supplier unproven)
L6Negative Meniscus911353 — high-index lanthanum dense flint class (supplier unproven)
L7Biconvex Positive497816 — ultra-low-dispersion crown class (supplier unproven)
L8Biconcave Negative911353 — high-index lanthanum dense flint class (supplier unproven)
L9Biconvex Positive497816 — ultra-low-dispersion crown class (supplier unproven)
L10Biconvex Positive (2× Asph)583594 — barium/crown class (supplier unproven)
L11Biconvex Positive847238 — high-dispersion/high-transmission flint class (supplier unproven)
L12Biconcave Negative773496 — lanthanum high-index class (supplier unproven)
L13Biconvex Positive618634 — phosphate crown class (supplier unproven)
L14Negative Meniscus904313 — high-index lanthanum flint class (supplier unproven)