NIKON AI NIKKOR 300mm f/2 S IF-ED

US 4,732,459 A, Example 4 — Kiyoshi Hayashi

11 ELEMENTS / 8 GROUPS
f = 300.0007 mm
F/2.0
21.0 mm INTERNAL FOCUS TRAVEL

Focus Mechanism

PUBLISHED internal focus: the complete negative G2 group translates 21.0 mm toward the image. Source D8 grows 102.701→123.701 mm while source D13 shrinks 28.388→7.388 mm; the inferred stop is fixed 1.500 mm ahead of G3, so authored D13→STO is 26.888→5.888 mm. Patent β=-0.089; direct paraxial trace gives β=-0.086422.

Optical Elements (11 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Biconvex PositiveJ-FKH1 catalog-equivalent coefficient proxy (patent 498823; production supplier unspecified)
L2Biconvex PositiveJ-FKH1 catalog-equivalent coefficient proxy (patent 498823; production supplier unspecified)
L3Biconcave NegativeJ-LAF7 catalog-equivalent coefficient proxy (patent 750352; production supplier unspecified)
L4Positive MeniscusJ-FKH1 catalog-equivalent coefficient proxy (patent 498823; production supplier unspecified)
L5Biconvex PositiveJ-LAFH3 catalog-equivalent coefficient proxy (patent 795286; production supplier unspecified)
L6Biconcave NegativeKF3 catalog-equivalent coefficient proxy (patent 515546; production supplier unspecified)
L7Biconcave NegativeFK3 catalog-equivalent coefficient proxy (patent 465658; production supplier unspecified)
L8Biconcave NegativeS-TIM28 catalog-equivalent coefficient proxy (patent 689311; production supplier unspecified)
L9Biconvex PositiveH-LaK6A catalog-equivalent coefficient proxy (patent 694538; production supplier unspecified)
L10Negative MeniscusS-TIM35 catalog-equivalent coefficient proxy (patent 699301; production supplier unspecified)
L11Biconvex PositiveK-LaK14 catalog-equivalent coefficient proxy (patent 697556; production supplier unspecified)