NIKON SERIES E ZOOM 36-72mm f/3.5 — Optical Cross-Section & Ray Tracing

Home / Lenses / Nikon / NIKON SERIES E ZOOM 36-72mm f/3.5NIKON SERIES E ZOOM 36-72mm f/3.5JP S55-163511 A↗ — Satoshi Mogami
8 ELEMENTS / 8 AIR-SPACED GROUPS
2 MOVING ZOOM GROUPS
MARKETED 36-72mm
PATENT f=37-69mm
TRACED EFL=39.354-69.654mm
F/3.5
ALL SPHERICAL
Focus MechanismNO_INTERNAL_RECONSTRUCTION: the patent publishes no finite-focus spacing rows. Nikon sources establish a 1.2 m minimum focusing distance, but the available source set does not uniquely constrain the internal focus motion, so close-focus spacing pairs remain equal to infinity.
Optical Elements (8 physical)ElementTypeGlass
L1Negative MeniscusNBFD3 catalog equivalent (patent 805395; production supplier unspecified)
L2Negative MeniscusH-LaF3B catalog equivalent (patent 744449; production supplier unspecified)
L3Positive MeniscusJ-LAFH3 catalog equivalent (patent 795284; production supplier unspecified)
L4Biconvex PositiveJ-SK16 catalog equivalent (patent 620603; production supplier unspecified)
L5Positive MeniscusJ-SK16 catalog equivalent (patent 620603; production supplier unspecified)
L6Biconcave NegativeJ-LAFH3 catalog equivalent (patent 795284; production supplier unspecified)
L7Positive MeniscusNBFD2 catalog equivalent (patent 796408; production supplier unspecified)
L8Positive MeniscusNBFD2 catalog equivalent (patent 796408; production supplier unspecified)

Element	Type	Glass
L1	Negative Meniscus	NBFD3 catalog equivalent (patent 805395; production supplier unspecified)
L2	Negative Meniscus	H-LaF3B catalog equivalent (patent 744449; production supplier unspecified)
L3	Positive Meniscus	J-LAFH3 catalog equivalent (patent 795284; production supplier unspecified)
L4	Biconvex Positive	J-SK16 catalog equivalent (patent 620603; production supplier unspecified)
L5	Positive Meniscus	J-SK16 catalog equivalent (patent 620603; production supplier unspecified)
L6	Biconcave Negative	J-LAFH3 catalog equivalent (patent 795284; production supplier unspecified)
L7	Positive Meniscus	NBFD2 catalog equivalent (patent 796408; production supplier unspecified)
L8	Positive Meniscus	NBFD2 catalog equivalent (patent 796408; production supplier unspecified)