SONY E 55-210mm f/4.5-6.3 OSS

US 8,837,056 B2, Numerical Working Example 1 — Masaki Maruyama

13 ELEMENTS / 9 GROUPS
DESIGN f = 1.00–3.62 (NORMALIZED; SCALED 55× TO 55–199.1 mm)
DESIGN F/4.64–6.49
4 ASPHERICAL SURFACES / 2 ELEMENTS
2 ED ELEMENTS (MAKER)

Focus Mechanism

The single-element fourth group moves objectward to focus while every other group stays still. The patent prints infinity spacings only and gives the direction of travel, so the intermediate zoom positions, the focus cam and the travel to the marketed 1 m (1.03 mm at wide, 2.69 mm at mid, 6.02 mm at tele) are inferred.

Optical Elements (13 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
E1Negative MeniscusTAFD35 (HOYA, coordinate equivalent)
E2Biconvex PositiveFCD1 (HOYA, coordinate equivalent)
E3Positive MeniscusFC5 (HOYA, coordinate equivalent)
E4Biconcave NegativeNBFD13 (HOYA, coordinate equivalent)
E5Positive MeniscusFDS90 (HOYA, coordinate equivalent)
E6Biconcave NegativeTAFD35 (HOYA, coordinate equivalent)
E7Biconvex PositiveTAFD35 (HOYA, coordinate equivalent)
E8Biconvex PositiveFCD1 (HOYA, coordinate equivalent)
E9Biconcave NegativeFDS90 (HOYA, coordinate equivalent)
E10Biconvex Positive (Asph)M-FCD1 (HOYA, coordinate equivalent)
E11Biconcave Negative (Asph)M-PCD51 (HOYA, coordinate equivalent)
E12Biconvex PositiveE-F5 (HOYA, coordinate equivalent)
E13Biconcave NegativeTAFD5F (HOYA, coordinate equivalent)