CANON RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM

US 2021/0003831 A1 — Yasuaki Hagiwara

13 ELEMENTS / 11 GROUPS
24-105mm f/4-7.1 (MARKETED)
PATENT f = 24.72-101.85 mm
PATENT F/4.11-7.31
2 ASPHERICAL SURFACES
B3B OPTICAL IS

Focus Mechanism

NO_INTERNAL_RECONSTRUCTION: Example 1 publishes infinity-only zoom states. B4 is the negative axial focus unit, but no finite-focus spacings are authored. Canon's 0.13 m minimum manual-focus distance is metadata only.

Optical Elements (13 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Positive Meniscus603606 SK14-class (vendor unresolved)
L2Negative Meniscus904313 class (vendor unresolved)
L3Biconcave Negative603606 SK14-class (vendor unresolved)
L4Positive Meniscus847239 class (vendor unresolved)
L5Plano-Convex Positive904313 class (vendor unresolved)
L6Biconvex Positive603606 SK14-class (vendor unresolved)
L7Biconcave Negative904313 class (vendor unresolved)
L8Negative Meniscus911353 class (vendor unresolved)
L9Biconvex Positive603606 SK14-class (vendor unresolved)
L10Plano-Convex Positive603606 SK14-class (vendor unresolved)
L11Negative Meniscus911353 class (vendor unresolved)
L12Neg. Meniscus (2× Asph)Unmatched (1.53110/55.9; no exact public catalog match)
L13Biconvex Positive847239 class (vendor unresolved)