NIKON AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR

US 2018/0252903 A1 — Satoshi Yamaguchi

17 ELEMENTS / 13 GROUPS
16.49–77.79 mm PATENT DESIGN
FNO 2.72–4.16 PATENT DESIGN
3 ASPHERICAL SURFACES
G2 INTERNAL FOCUS / G4A VR

Focus Mechanism

PUBLISHED: G2 translates objectward between the patent Table 3 infinity and short-distance states; W/M/T endpoints preserve source D5/D14 pairs while D22, D27, and BF are zoom-only.

Optical Elements (17 physical; 18 modeled media)

ElementTypeGlass
L11Negative MeniscusJ-SF03 (supplier-neutral catalog proxy)
L12Positive MeniscusJ-PSKH1 (supplier-neutral catalog proxy)
L13Positive MeniscusJ-LASF09A (supplier-neutral catalog proxy)
L21rBonded Aspherical Resin LayerUnmatched bonded aspherical resin (patent medium; no published dispersion coefficients)
L21Negative Meniscus SubstrateJ-LASF09A (supplier-neutral catalog proxy)
L22Biconcave NegativeJ-LASF09A (supplier-neutral catalog proxy)
L23Biconvex PositiveJ-SF03 (supplier-neutral catalog proxy)
L24Negative MeniscusJ-LASF08A (supplier-neutral catalog proxy)
L31Biconvex PositiveLLF1 (supplier-neutral catalog proxy)
L32Biconvex PositiveJ-KF6 (supplier-neutral catalog proxy)
L33Negative MeniscusJ-LASFH24 (supplier-neutral catalog proxy)
L34Biconvex PositiveJ-FKH1 (supplier-neutral catalog proxy)
L41Biconcave Negative (1× Asph)Unmatched (nd=1.79050, vd=45.0; glass-molded asphere)
L42Positive MeniscusJ-LASFH24 (supplier-neutral catalog proxy)
L43Negative MeniscusJ-LASF09A (supplier-neutral catalog proxy)
L51Plano-Convex PositiveJ-FKH1 (supplier-neutral catalog proxy)
L52Biconvex PositiveJ-FKH1 (supplier-neutral catalog proxy)
L53Negative Meniscus (1× Asph)M-TAFD307 (supplier-neutral catalog proxy)