NIKON AF-S VR ZOOM-NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED

US 2003/0133200 A1 — Susumu Sato

21 ELEMENTS / 15 GROUPS
70-200mm MARKETED; 71.4-196.0mm DESIGN
f/2.8 MARKETED; f/2.88 MODELED
43.2mm IMAGE CIRCLE
5 ED ELEMENTS (PRODUCTION)
INTERNAL FOCUS / VR

Focus Mechanism

PUBLISHED internal focusing: G1R (L14-L15) translates 9.71956 mm toward the object from infinity to the patent's R=1500 mm object-to-image condition; D5 decreases and D9 increases by the same amount at all three zoom stations.

Optical Elements (21 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L11Negative Meniscus804466 — vendor unresolved
L12Positive MeniscusJ-FKH1 catalog equivalent (patent 498825; production supplier unspecified)
L13Positive MeniscusJ-FKH1 catalog equivalent (patent 498825; production supplier unspecified)
L14Negative Meniscus847238 — vendor unresolved
L15Positive MeniscusS-BSM81 catalog equivalent (patent 640601; production supplier unspecified)
L21Biconcave Negative741527 — vendor unresolved
L22Biconcave Negative487704 — vendor unresolved
L23Biconvex Positive805254 — vendor unresolved
L24Biconcave Negative804396 — vendor unresolved
L31Positive MeniscusJ-FKH1 catalog equivalent (patent 498825; production supplier unspecified)
L32Biconvex PositiveJ-FKH1 catalog equivalent (patent 498825; production supplier unspecified)
L33Negative Meniscus741527 — vendor unresolved
L41Negative Meniscus805254 — vendor unresolved
L42Biconvex Positive697555 — vendor unresolved
L43Positive Meniscus603655 — vendor unresolved
L44Biconvex Positive847238 — vendor unresolved
L45Biconcave Negative741527 — vendor unresolved
L46Biconcave Negative741527 — vendor unresolved
L47Positive MeniscusJ-FKH1 catalog equivalent (patent 498825; production supplier unspecified)
L48Biconvex Positive741527 — vendor unresolved
L49Negative Meniscus847238 — vendor unresolved