CANON RF 35mm f/1.4 L VCM

US 2024/0302626 A1 — Takahiro Ode

14 ELEMENTS / 11 GROUPS
35 mm f/1.4 (marketing)
f = 34.0 mm, F/1.46 (patent)
2ω = 61.0° (patent)
3 ASPHERICAL SURFACES / 2 ASPHERICAL ELEMENTS

Focus Mechanism

Patent Example 2 publishes only the infinity prescription. B2 and B4 move independently toward the object during close focusing; no numerical close-focus gaps are published, so no internal focus reconstruction is authored. The 0.28 m close-focus value is Canon production metadata.

Optical Elements (14 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Negative Meniscus (1× Asph)S-BAL42 (OHARA) coordinate proxy; patent vendor unresolved
L2Biconcave NegativeS-BSL7 (OHARA) coordinate proxy; patent vendor unresolved
L3Biconvex PositiveS-LAH96 (OHARA) coordinate proxy; patent vendor unresolved
L4Negative MeniscusS-NBH56 (OHARA) coordinate proxy; patent vendor unresolved
L5Biconvex PositiveTAFD40 (HOYA) coordinate proxy; patent vendor unresolved
L6Positive MeniscusS-FPM2 (OHARA) coordinate proxy; patent vendor unresolved
L7Negative MeniscusNBFD29 (HOYA) coordinate proxy; patent vendor unresolved
L8Positive MeniscusS-FPL51 (OHARA) coordinate proxy; patent vendor unresolved
L9Negative MeniscusNBFD29 (HOYA) coordinate proxy; patent vendor unresolved
L10Biconvex PositiveS-FPL51 (OHARA) coordinate proxy; patent vendor unresolved
L11Biconvex Positive (2× Asph)S-LAH65VS (OHARA) coordinate proxy; patent vendor unresolved
L12Biconvex PositiveTAFD55 (HOYA) coordinate proxy; patent vendor unresolved
L13Biconcave NegativeNBFD29 (HOYA) coordinate proxy; patent vendor unresolved
L14Negative MeniscusS-NBM51 (OHARA) coordinate proxy; patent vendor unresolved