PENTAX SMC FA* 28-70mm f/2.8 AL

US 5,568,323 A, Example 3 — Takayuki Sensui

14 ELEMENTS / 11 GROUPS
DESIGN f = 29.00–68.00 mm
DESIGN F/2.8
1 ASPHERICAL SURFACE / 1 ELEMENT
HYBRID ASPHERICAL FRONT ELEMENT

Focus Mechanism

Finite focusing is not modeled: the patent tabulates infinity only, and both focus positions repeat the infinity spacings at every zoom setting. Pentax specifies a 0.43 m minimum focus distance, but no focusing movement is published. The wide, middle and tele spacings are printed; the middle and tele image planes follow from G3 and the stop staying fixed, because the patent's constant 39.87 mm fB is a printing error. Positions between them are interpolated, not the factory cam.

Optical Elements (14 physical; 15 modeled media)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Negative MeniscusS-LAH66 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
ResinBonded Aspheric Resin LayerUnmatched (aspheric resin layer; nd 1.5201, νd 50.8)
L2Biconcave NegativeS-LAL18 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L3Positive MeniscusSFLDN3 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L4Biconvex PositiveS-LAH66 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L5Negative MeniscusS-TIH1 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L6Negative MeniscusS-TIH6 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L7Positive MeniscusS-FSL5 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L8Positive MeniscusS-LAH66 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L9Positive MeniscusSFLDN3 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L10Biconcave NegativeS-LAM2 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L11Negative MeniscusS-LAH53 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L12Positive MeniscusK-GFK68 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L13Biconvex PositiveK-GFK68 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L14Negative MeniscusS-TIH4 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)