NIKON MEDICAL-NIKKOR 120mm f/4 IF

US 4,437,734 A — Yutaka Iizuka

9 ELEMENTS / 6 GROUPS
120mm f/4 (MARKETING)
f = 121.168 mm (DESIGN)
43.28 mm IMAGE CIRCLE
INTERNAL FOCUS TO 1:1

Focus Mechanism

PUBLISHED — G2 alone translates 30.242 mm toward the image from infinity to the patent -1.002x state; G1, G3, the diaphragm-to-G3 spacing, and the 58.798 mm back focus remain fixed. The published -0.504x intermediate state lies on the same linear translation.

Optical Elements (9 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Negative Meniscus805255 — dense-flint class (vendor unresolved)
L2Biconvex Positive713539 — lanthanum-crown class (vendor unresolved)
L3Biconvex Positive713539 — lanthanum-crown class (vendor unresolved)
L4Positive Meniscus785261 — SF56A catalog equivalent (production supplier unspecified)
L5Biconcave Negative697556 — K-LaK14 catalog equivalent (production supplier unspecified)
L6Positive Meniscus713539 — lanthanum-crown class (vendor unresolved)
L7Negative Meniscus723380 — S-BAH28 catalog equivalent (production supplier unspecified)
L8Negative Meniscus785261 — SF56A catalog equivalent (production supplier unspecified)
L9Biconvex PositiveN-SK10 catalog equivalent for 1.62280/56.7 (production supplier unspecified)