OLYMPUS ZUIKO MC AUTO-ZOOM 35-70mm f/3.6

US 4,153,338 A, Embodiment 3 — Toru Fujii

10 ELEMENTS / 8 GROUPS
DESIGN f = 35–66.1 mm (SCALED)
DESIGN F/3.6
ALL SPHERICAL

Focus Mechanism

The Olympus manual specifies rotating-helicoid focusing to 0.8 m, but neither source gives the optical group movements or travel for finite focus. Only infinity zoom compensation is modeled. Both focus positions use identical geometry at every zoom setting; the 0.8 m minimum focus distance is a product specification, not a simulated focus state.

Optical Elements (10 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Negative MeniscusS-BSM36 (OHARA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L2BiconcaveS-LAL8 (OHARA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L3Positive MeniscusS-BSM16 (OHARA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L4BiconvexS-TIL25 (OHARA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L5BiconvexS-PHM52 (OHARA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L6Positive MeniscusS-PHM52 (OHARA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L7BiconvexS-PHM52 (OHARA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L8BiconcavePBM22 (OHARA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L9BiconcaveS-LAM7 (OHARA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L10BiconvexF4 (SUMITA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)