Nikon AI Zoom-Nikkor 50-135mm f/3.5S

US 4,497,547 Example 1 — Kiyoshi Hayashi / Nippon Kogaku

16 elements / 13 groups
51.35-131.5 mm design EFL
f/3.5 constant aperture
47.26°-18.06° patent field
All-spherical Yamaji-type zoom

Focus Mechanism

Front-group unit focus in production and patent text; patent close-focus spacings are not published, so this file models only the infinity-focus zoom states.

Optical Elements (16)

ElementTypeGlass
1L1Negative MeniscusS-TIH6 (OHARA; 805254)
1L2Positive MeniscusS-LAL12 class (OHARA; 678553, patent vd rounded to 55.6)
1L3Positive MeniscusS-BAH11 (OHARA; 667483)
2L1Plano-Concave NegativeS-LAL14 class (OHARA; 697555, patent vd rounded to 55.6)
2L2Biconcave NegativeS-LAH64 class (OHARA; 788474)
2L3Positive MeniscusS-TIH6 (OHARA; 805254)
3L1Biconcave NegativeUnmatched (670576 lanthanum-crown code; no confirmed current catalog)
3L2Biconvex PositiveUnmatched / S-NBH-class (672389 short-flint code)
4L1Biconvex PositiveS-LAL8 class (OHARA; 713539, patent vd rounded to 54.0)
4L2Positive MeniscusN-SK11 / BACD11 class (564608 dense-crown code)
4L3Negative MeniscusUnmatched / S-LAH52-class (796410 lanthanum-flint code)
4L4Biconvex PositiveS-NSL3 (OHARA; 518590)
4L5Biconcave NegativeJ-LAFH3 (HIKARI; 795286)
4L6Biconvex PositiveS-BSL7 / N-BK7 class (517641 borosilicate-crown code)
4L7Negative MeniscusN-BAF10 class (670471 barium-flint code)
4L8Plano-Convex PositiveS-BAH27 class (OHARA; 702412, patent vd rounded to 41.0)

Analysis

Detailed analysis available in the interactive viewer above.