NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 400mm f/2.8E FL ED VR

JP 2015-215559 A — Kazumasa Tanaka, Toshinori Take, Tetsushi Miwa

16 ELEMENTS / 12 GROUPS
2 FLUORITE + 2 ED
400 mm MARKETED / 391.497 mm MODELED
f/2.8 MARKETED / f/2.8815 MODELED
FX / 6°10′ MARKETED
INNER FOCUS + VR

Focus Mechanism

PUBLISHED: G2 moves 15.400 mm imageward from infinity to the patent close-focus state (β = −0.173). The source also increases Bf by 0.024 mm; after omitting FLG and rear FL this is preserved as a 0.024 mm rear-spacing adjustment, not a second moving lens group. The normalized active close state paraxially images at 2.59018 m; no internal focus travel is reconstructed.

Optical Elements (16 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L11Biconvex PositiveFluorite (CaF2; Malitson 1963 spectral model)
L12Biconvex PositiveFluorite (CaF2; Malitson 1963 spectral model)
L13Biconcave NegativeJ-KZFH1 (HIKARI)
L14Negative MeniscusJ-LASF017 (HIKARI)
L15Positive MeniscusJ-FKH1 (HIKARI)
L21Biconcave NegativeJ-LASF016 (HIKARI)
L22Positive Meniscus, concave to objectJ-SF03 (HIKARI)
L23Biconcave NegativeJ-K3 (HIKARI)
L31Biconvex PositiveJ-FK5 (HIKARI)
L32Negative Meniscus, concave to objectJ-SF03 (HIKARI)
L33Biconvex PositiveJ-SF03 (HIKARI)
L34Biconcave NegativeJ-PSKH1 (HIKARI)
L35Biconcave NegativeJ-LASKH2 (HIKARI)
L36Biconvex PositiveJ-LASF016 (HIKARI)
L37Biconvex PositiveJ-LAK01 (HIKARI)
L38Biconcave NegativeJ-SF03 (HIKARI)