MINOLTA AF 400mm f/4.5 APO G

JP1996-327896 A — Yoshinobu Asakura

8-ELEMENT / 6-GROUP PATENT MODEL
390 mm PATENT HEADER / 391.43 mm COMPUTED EFL
F/4.59 DESIGN
2ω = 6.4°
PUBLISHED 3 m INNER FOCUS

Focus Mechanism

PUBLISHED inner focus: Gr2 (L4-L7, surfaces 7-12) moves imageward from infinity to 3 m. T6 changes 29.311→43.262 mm and T12 changes 21.978→8.028 mm. Raw patent endpoints are preserved; their adjacent-gap sum differs by 0.001 mm at close focus because of source rounding.

Optical Elements (8 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Biconvex PositiveUnmatched (493836 Minolta AD/ED fluorophosphate; no compatible public coefficient row)
L2Biconvex PositiveUnmatched (493836 Minolta AD/ED fluorophosphate; no compatible public coefficient row)
L3Biconcave NegativeN-KZFS8 (SCHOTT catalog equivalent; patent 721334; production supplier unspecified)
L4Negative Meniscus (concave to image)E-F2 (HOYA catalog equivalent; patent 620363; production supplier unspecified)
L5Positive Meniscus (concave to image)S-FSL5 (OHARA catalog equivalent; patent 487702; production supplier unspecified)
L6Biconcave NegativeN-SSK5 (SCHOTT catalog equivalent; patent 658509; production supplier unspecified)
L7Positive Meniscus (concave to image)J-SF03 / H-ZF52 / FDS90 catalog-equivalent dense-flint class (patent 846238; production supplier unspecified)
L8Positive Meniscus (convex to image)S-FSL5 (OHARA catalog equivalent; patent 487702; production supplier unspecified)