NIKON NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR

JP WO2020/157904 A1, Example 1 — Ayumu Makida, Tomoki Ito, Satoshi Miwa

19 ELEMENTS / 15 GROUPS
f = 24.7–194.0 mm (design)
F/4.12–6.50 (design)
2ω ≈ 85.2°–12.3°
3 ASPHERICAL SURFACES
3 ED ELEMENTS

Focus Mechanism

Internal focus — G5 (cemented doublet L51+L52) translates toward the image (patent ¶0091). Table 1 G5 travel: 0.89 mm (W), 1.62 mm (M1), 4.31 mm (M2), 9.70 mm (T); near states are β = −0.062 to −0.284 at a calculated 0.49 m (W) to 0.69 m (T) object-to-image distance.

Optical Elements (19 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L11Negative MeniscusS-LAH95 (OHARA)
L12Biconvex PositiveJ-PSKH1 (Hikari)
L13Positive MeniscusJ-PSKH1 (Hikari)
L21Negative Meniscus954323 — ultra-high-index lanthanum (S-LAH98 / TAFD45 family)
L22Biconcave NegativeN-LAK33B equiv. (175500/5233)
L23Biconvex PositivePBH21 (OHARA; historical 923209)
L24Biconcave NegativeS-LAH59 (OHARA)
L31Biconvex Positive903357 — high-index lanthanum flint (patent nd=1.90265, νd=35.72)
L32Negative Meniscus001291 — ultra-high-index dense flint (patent nd=2.00100, νd=29.12)
L33Biconvex PositiveN-BALF4 equiv. (580539; patent nd=1.57957, vd=53.74)
L34Negative Meniscus954323 — ultra-high-index lanthanum (S-LAH98 / TAFD45 family)
L41Biconvex PositiveS-LAH55V equiv. (183481/4273)
L42Negative MeniscusS-LAH95 (OHARA)
L43Negative Meniscus954323 — ultra-high-index lanthanum (S-LAH98 / TAFD45 family)
L44Biconvex Positive (1× Asph)M-FCD1 (HOYA) catalog equivalent (patent nd=1.49710, νd=81.49; production supplier unspecified)
L51Biconvex PositiveS-TIH53 (OHARA)
L52Biconcave Negative (1× Asph)M-TAFD305 (HOYA) catalog equivalent (patent nd=1.85135, νd=40.13; production supplier unspecified)
L61Neg. Meniscus (1× Asph)M-TAFD51 catalog equivalent (patent nd=1.82080, νd=42.51; production supplier unspecified)
L62Biconvex PositiveJ-KZFH6 (Hikari) — titanium flint (684376)