MINOLTA AF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 New (v2)

US 4,871,239 Example 3 / Claim 29

35-105 mm full-frame A-mount zoom
Patent f = 36.0-60.0-102.0 mm
13 optical media / 10 groups (12 production elements)
1 rear-unit aspherical surface
0.85 m minimum focus distance

Focus Mechanism

Rear-group focusing by Group III-F and Group III-B. The patent gives no close-focus spacing table for Example 3, so the model represents the verified infinity-focus zoom positions only.

Optical Elements (13)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Negative MeniscusSF57 (Schott exact match; production vendor unproven)
L2Biconvex Positive670571 - high-index crown / lanthanum-crown class (unresolved)
L3Positive MeniscusH-LAK12 (CDGM equivalent; patent 697565)
L4Negative Meniscus773498 - dense lanthanum-flint boundary class (unresolved)
L5Plano-Concave Negative670571 - high-index crown / lanthanum-crown class (unresolved)
L6Positive MeniscusSF57 (Schott exact match; production vendor unproven)
L7Biconcave NegativeN-PSK53A (Schott exact match; production vendor unproven)
L8Biconvex Positive670571 - high-index crown / lanthanum-crown class (unresolved)
L9Biconvex PositiveN-BK7 / BK7-family crown (517/642 class)
L10Biconcave Negative807316 - high-index dense flint class (unresolved)
L11Biconvex PositiveS-LAM58 (OHARA)
L12Thin Aspheric Layer518523 - thin hybrid aspheric layer (unresolved)
L13Negative Meniscus805410 - dense lanthanum-flint / LASF-class glass (unresolved)

Analysis

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