CANON EF-M 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

US 2013/0335830 A1 — Yoshihisa Tashiro, Yasuaki Hagiwara

13 ELEMENTS / 11 GROUPS
18.58-53.36 mm DESIGN
f/3.60-5.69 MODELED
4 ASPHERICAL SURFACES / 3 ASPHERICAL ELEMENTS
INNER FOCUS / OPTICAL IS
0.25 m MFD / 0.25× MAX MAG (MARKETING)

Focus Mechanism

CONSTRAINED_RECONSTRUCTION: the patent states that only L4 moves objectward for finite focus but publishes no finite-distance spacing rows. Close-focus d11/d13 pairs are code-solved from Canon's 0.25 m MFD while conserving d11+d13. Because patent optical block G is omitted and replaced by an air-equivalent rear spacing, the same physical object position is 0.249417722857 m from the normalized image plane; the tele state gives |m| ≈ 0.246777 versus the marketed 0.25× maximum magnification.

Optical Elements (13 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1aNegative Meniscus847239 — vendor unresolved
L1bPositive Meniscus697555 — vendor unresolved
L2aNegative Meniscus835427 — vendor unresolved
L2bBiconcave Negative (1× Asph)851401 — vendor unresolved
L2cPositive Meniscus923189 — vendor unresolved
L3Positive Meniscus773496 — vendor unresolved
L4Negative Meniscus883408 — vendor unresolved
LRa1Biconvex Positive697555 — vendor unresolved
LRa2Negative Meniscus847239 — vendor unresolved
LRa3Positive Meniscus (2× Asph)583594 — vendor unresolved
LRbBiconcave Negative904313 — vendor unresolved
LRc1Weak Positive Meniscus (1× Asph)Unmatched (nd=1.52996, nu_d=55.8; code 530558)
LRc2Positive Meniscus847239 — vendor unresolved