NIKON AF-S VR NIKKOR 200mm f/2 G IF-ED

US 7,411,745 B2, Example 3 — Mitsuaki Wada

13 ELEMENTS / 9 GROUPS
DESIGN f = 195 mm
DESIGN F/1.84
ALL SPHERICAL
3 ED + 1 SUPER ED ELEMENTS

Focus Mechanism

PUBLISHED internal-focus states from US 7,411,745 B2 Example 3: G2 moves 9.5995 mm toward the image, with D10 5.5000→15.0995 mm, D16 15.5239→5.9244 mm and BF 59.4575→59.4386 mm. The patent prints β = −0.1258 and no distance; these spacings compute to about 1.897 m object to image, against Nikon's 1.9 m minimum focus.

Optical Elements (13 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L11Biconvex PositiveJ-FKH1 (HIKARI catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L12Biconvex PositiveJ-FKH1 (HIKARI catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L13Biconcave NegativeE-LAKH1 (HIKARI catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L14Positive MeniscusUnmatched (Super ED glass; no public catalog row)
L15Negative MeniscusE-LAKH1 (HIKARI catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L16Positive MeniscusJ-FKH1 (HIKARI catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L21Positive MeniscusNBFD3 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L22Biconcave NegativeKF3 (SUMITA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L23Positive MeniscusE-LAFH2 (HIKARI catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L24Biconcave NegativeS-BSM10 (OHARA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L31Biconvex PositiveE-LAKH1 (HIKARI catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L32Negative MeniscusS-TIH10 (OHARA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L33Biconvex PositiveS-BSM81 (OHARA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)