NIKON AI ZOOM-NIKKOR 80-200mm f/4.5

US 4,223,981 — Norio Mizutani, Yoshinari Hamanishi

12 ELEMENTS / 9 GROUPS
COMPUTED EFL 80.102-199.912 mm
F/4.5
ALL-SPHERICAL
FRONT-GROUP FOCUS

Focus Mechanism

CONSTRAINED_RECONSTRUCTION: front Group 1 focusing. D5 close-focus values were code-solved at 1.8 m from the focal plane while the relay and image plane remain fixed; the patent publishes no finite-focus cam table.

Optical Elements (12 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Biconvex Positive564608 — dense barium crown class (catalog vendor unspecified)
L2aBiconvex Positive603607 — dense crown class (catalog vendor unspecified)
L2bNegative Meniscus805255 — dense flint class (catalog vendor unspecified)
L3aPositive Meniscus755275 — dense flint class (catalog vendor unspecified)
L3bBiconcave Negative517642 — borosilicate crown class (catalog vendor unspecified)
L4Biconcave Negative589612 — dense barium crown class (catalog vendor unspecified)
L5aBiconvex Positive620603 — dense crown class (catalog vendor unspecified)
L5bNegative Meniscus755275 — dense flint class (catalog vendor unspecified)
L6Positive Meniscus517642 — borosilicate crown class (catalog vendor unspecified)
L7Negative MeniscusE-LAF11 (HIKARI; historical 757316 match to patent 757317 class)
L8Negative MeniscusJ-LAK8 (HIKARI; 713540 match to patent 713539 class)
L9Biconvex Positive518590 — crown class (catalog vendor unspecified)