MINOLTA MD APO TELE 600mm f/6.3

US 4,126,378 A — Shuji Ogino

8 POWERED ELEMENTS / 7 GROUPS
f ≈ 599.639 mm
F/6.3 CALIBRATED
ALL SPHERICAL

Focus Mechanism

PUBLISHED endpoints: G5/I and G6/II move objectward 9.120 and 14.592 mm; front and rear doublet fixed. Source photographic distance 2000, interpreted object-to-image, scales 6× to 12 m; this is not the production ≈5 m MFD. Linear gap interpolation is not a published cam law. Infinity stop position inferred from Seidel data and held fixed by modeling assumption; no physical iris-motion law is published. Diameter calibrated at infinity.

Optical Elements (8 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Negative MeniscusN-BK7 spectral proxy (source line unspecified; approximate d-line interpretation; production material unconfirmed)
L2Biconvex PositiveCaF2 spectral proxy (source line unspecified; approximate d-line interpretation; production material unconfirmed)
L3Biconcave NegativeH-LaF6LA spectral proxy (source line unspecified; approximate d-line interpretation; production material unconfirmed)
L4Plano-ConvexPC1 spectral proxy (source line unspecified; approximate d-line interpretation; production material unconfirmed)
L5Negative MeniscusLAFL23 spectral proxy (source line unspecified; approximate d-line interpretation; production material unconfirmed)
L6Biconvex PositiveN-BK7 spectral proxy (source line unspecified; approximate d-line interpretation; production material unconfirmed)
L7Biconcave NegativeK-LaK11 spectral proxy (source line unspecified; approximate d-line interpretation; production material unconfirmed)
L8Plano-ConvexS-TIM8 spectral proxy (source line unspecified; approximate d-line interpretation; production material unconfirmed)