CANON EF 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 II

JP H01-189622 A — Sadatoshi Takahashi

10 ELEMENTS / 9 GROUPS
DESIGN EFL 29.083-67.894 mm
DESIGN f/3.6-4.6
1 ASPHERICAL SURFACE
FRONT-GROUP FOCUS

Focus Mechanism

Front-group focus (G1). The patent publishes infinity zoom spacings only; close-focus D6 values are a constrained paraxial reconstruction solved at the official rounded 0.39 m MFD, with the image-plane reference assumed. The reconstruction is not a published production cam law.

Optical Elements (10 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Negative Meniscus (convex to object)834372 — dense lanthanum flint (catalog vendor unresolved)
L2Biconcave Negative (1× Asph)583594 — barium/dense crown (catalog vendor unresolved)
L3Positive Meniscus (convex to object)805254 — dense flint (catalog vendor unresolved)
L4Biconvex Positive652585 — lanthanum crown (catalog vendor unresolved)
L5Positive Meniscus (convex to object)487702 — low-index fluor/light crown (catalog vendor unresolved)
L6Positive Meniscus (convex to object)487702 — low-index fluor/light crown (catalog vendor unresolved)
L7Biconcave Negative847239 — very dense high-dispersion flint (catalog vendor unresolved)
L8Biconvex Positive755275 — dense flint (catalog vendor unresolved)
L9Negative Meniscus (convex to image)834372 — dense lanthanum flint (catalog vendor unresolved)
L10Positive Meniscus (convex to image)603607 — dense crown (catalog vendor unresolved)