NIKON AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G ED VR

US 2011/0102905 A1 Example 1 — Hiroki Harada / Nikon

17 elements / 11 groups
56.09-293.90 mm design EFL
f/4.5-5.6 marketed maximum aperture
2 ED elements / 1 HRI element
Front-group focus; G4 VR group

Focus Mechanism

Front-group focus: G1 moves objectward; close-focus spacings solved to reproduce Nikon's 1.4 m minimum focus distance and approximately 0.28x telephoto magnification.

Optical Elements (17)

ElementTypeGlass
L11Biconvex Positive517/641 crown class (N-BK7 / S-BSL7 equivalent; vendor uncertain)
L12Negative MeniscusS-TIH11 (OHARA)
L13Positive MeniscusS-FPL51 / FCD1 class (ED fluorophosphate)
L21Biconcave NegativeS-LAL61 class (OHARA; patent vd rounded high)
L22Positive MeniscusS-TIH53 (OHARA)
L23Negative MeniscusS-LAH65V / S-LAH65VS class (OHARA)
L31Biconvex PositiveS-LAL14 / J-LAK14 class
L32Biconvex PositiveS-LAL14 / J-LAK14 class
L33Biconvex PositiveS-FPL51 / FCD1 class (ED fluorophosphate)
L34Biconcave NegativeS-LAH95 / 904-313 dense lanthanum flint class
L35Biconvex PositiveS-BAL41 (OHARA)
L41Negative MeniscusS-LAH66 (OHARA)
L42Positive MeniscusH-ZLaF80 / TAFD40 class (Hikari/Hoya; HRI)
L51Biconvex PositiveS-TIM22 (OHARA)
L52Negative MeniscusS-LAL10 (OHARA)
L53Positive MeniscusN-FK5 / J-FK5 / S-FSL5 class
L54Negative MeniscusS-LAM66 (OHARA)

Analysis

Detailed analysis available in the interactive viewer above.