NIKON AI AF-S NIKKOR ED 500mm f/4D IF

US 5,745,306 A — Susumu Sato

11 ELEMENTS / 9 GROUPS
3 ED ELEMENTS
PATENT F=490.0 mm; EFL≈489.961 mm
DESIGN f/4.08
2ω≈5.05°
INTERNAL FOCUS (SOURCE-CORRECTED)

Focus Mechanism

CONSTRAINED_RECONSTRUCTION: the published G2 mechanism is retained, but the printed close d16=18.4240 mm is corrected to 8.4240 mm under the patent's 10.84 mm single-group travel and R=5000 mm constraints; G2 moves 10.8363 mm toward the image from infinity to 5 m.

Optical Elements (11 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L11Biconvex PositiveJ-FKH1 catalog equivalent (patent 498825; production supplier unspecified)
L12Biconvex PositiveJ-FKH1 catalog equivalent (patent 498825; production supplier unspecified)
L13Biconcave NegativeUnmatched (nd=1.802180, νd=44.69)
L14aNegative MeniscusJ-SSK5 catalog equivalent (patent 658508; production supplier unspecified)
L14bPositive MeniscusJ-FKH1 catalog equivalent (patent 498825; production supplier unspecified)
L21Biconcave Negative773495 class (M-TAF1 catalog-equivalent spectral proxy; production supplier unspecified)
L22aPositive MeniscusJ-SF03 catalog equivalent (patent 847238; production supplier unspecified)
L22bBiconcave NegativeJ-PKH1 catalog equivalent (patent 519700; production supplier unspecified)
L3aBiconvex PositiveJ-PKH1 catalog equivalent (patent 519700; production supplier unspecified)
L3bNegative MeniscusNBFD3 catalog equivalent (patent 805396; production supplier unspecified)
L3cPositive MeniscusJ-PKH1 catalog equivalent (patent 519700; production supplier unspecified)