CANON EF 100-300mm f/5.6

JPS61-77818A — Keiji Ikemori, Sadatoshi Takahashi, Takashi Matsushita, Tsunefumi Tanaka, Nozomi Kitagishi

15 ELEMENTS / 9 GROUPS
100-300mm f/5.6 (MARKETED)
PATENT STATES: 69 / 100 / 198 / 290 mm
ALL-SPHERICAL
2 m MFD (PRODUCT)

Focus Mechanism

NO_INTERNAL_RECONSTRUCTION: the patent states Group I is preferably used for focusing but publishes no close-focus spacing table. Internal geometry therefore remains at the published infinity zoom states; closeFocusM = 2.0 m is manufacturer metadata only.

Optical Elements (15 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Negative Meniscus805254 — SF6-class dense flint; vendor/melt unresolved
L2Positive Meniscus516641 — BSL7-class crown; OHARA S/L family unresolved
L3Biconvex Positive48770x — FK5/FSL5-class low-dispersion crown; source-corrected model coordinate
L4Biconcave Negative713538/540 — LAK8/LAL8-class lanthanum crown; vendor unresolved
L5Biconcave Negative697555 — LAK14-class lanthanum crown; vendor unresolved
L6Positive Meniscus805254 — SF6-class dense flint; vendor/melt unresolved
L7Biconvex PositiveN-KF9 coefficient proxy (patent 523508; production supplier unspecified)
L8Negative Meniscus805254 — SF6-class dense flint; vendor/melt unresolved
L9Biconvex Positive603607 — SK14/BACD14-class crown; vendor unresolved
L10Biconcave Negative773496 — LAF34/LAH66/TAF1-class lanthanum flint; vendor unresolved
L11Negative Meniscus834372/373 — LASF010/LAH60-class dense lanthanum flint; vendor unresolved
L12Positive MeniscusBAF5-class coefficient proxy (patent 607492; production supplier unspecified)
L13Biconvex Positive575415 — LF7/TIL27-class light flint; vendor unresolved
L14Biconcave Negative804466 — LASF015/LAH65-class lanthanum flint; vendor unresolved
L15Biconvex Positive613370 — F3/S-TIM3-class flint; vendor unresolved