MINOLTA AF Zoom 35-70mm f/4

US 4,560,253 Embodiment 2 — Minolta / Ogino

6 components / 6 air-spaced groups
7 modeled optical media including hybrid resin layer
36.0-68.2 mm patent design range
FNO 4.1 patent design aperture
1 hybrid aspherical surface

Focus Mechanism

Front-group focus. The patent states that Group I alone shifts during focusing; close-focus spacings are paraxial estimates because the patent publishes no close-focus table.

Optical Elements (7)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Negative MeniscusLAF2 / N-LAF2 / S-LAM2 class (744/449)
L2gPositive MeniscusE-FD1L / N-SF1 / S-TIH1 class (717/295; patent νd = 29.42)
L2rAspherical Resin LayerUV-curing acrylic resin (patent thin transparent layer)
L3Biconvex Positive670571 - lanthanum crown (historic catalog match unresolved)
L4Positive Meniscus670571 - lanthanum crown (historic catalog match unresolved)
L5Biconcave Negative750251 - dense/fluor flint (catalog unresolved)
L6Biconvex PositiveE-FD5 / N-SF5 / S-TIM25 class (673/322)

Analysis

Detailed analysis available in the interactive viewer above.