NIKON 1 NIKKOR VR 10-100mm f/4-5.6

US 2020/0348497 A1 — Akihiko Obama, Masashi Yamashita

10-100mm marketed range
f/4-5.6 marketed maximum aperture
19 elements / 12 groups
2 ED, 3 aspherical, HRI elements
Nikon CX / 1-inch type format

Focus Mechanism

Inner focus by G3 (L31/L32 cemented doublet). Close-focus offsets are taken from the numerically identical Example 3.

Optical Elements (19 physical; 20 modeled media)

ElementTypeGlass
L11Negative MeniscusS-LAH99 (OHARA)
L12Biconvex PositiveJ-FKH1 (HIKARI)
L13Plano-Convex PositiveS-LAH58 equivalent (Hikari J-LASF08A class)
L21rNeg. Meniscus (Asph resin layer)Patent-listed compound asphere resin
L21gNegative MeniscusS-LAH55V equivalent (Hikari J-LASF05 class)
L22Negative MeniscusJ-LASKH2 (HIKARI; Sumita K-LaSKn1 equivalent)
L23Biconvex PositiveJ-SFH1 (HIKARI)
L24Negative MeniscusS-LAH58 equivalent (Hikari J-LASF08A class)
L31Negative MeniscusJ-LASFH9 (HIKARI)
L32Biconvex PositiveJ-BAF10 / N-BAF10 class
L401Biconvex PositiveJ-FKH1 (HIKARI)
L402Negative MeniscusJ-LASFH17 / TAFD40 class
L403Positive MeniscusS-TIH53 equivalent (Hikari J-SF03 class)
L404Biconcave Negative (Asph)M-TAF401 (HOYA; moldable lanthanum-flint equivalent)
L405Biconvex PositiveN-BAK4 equivalent (Hikari J-BAK4 class)
L406Biconvex PositiveE-CF6 equivalent (Hikari J-KF6 class)
L407Biconcave NegativeTAFD25 equivalent (Hikari J-LASFH13 class)
L408Biconvex PositiveJ-SF5 / SF5 class
L409Negative MeniscusJ-LASFH17 / TAFD40 class
L410Negative Meniscus (Asph)M-TAFD305 moldable dense-flint class