SONY VARIO-SONNAR T* DT 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5 ZA

US 2007/0229969 A1 — Hiroyuki Matsumoto

14 ELEMENTS / 10 GROUPS
MARKETED 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5
PATENT 16.4-78.0mm f/3.61-4.64
2 ASPHERICAL SURFACES
0.35 m MFD

Focus Mechanism

CONSTRAINED_RECONSTRUCTION: patent ¶0350 specifies GR2-only focusing. Close-focus pairs are code-solved at the Sony 0.35 m MFD with d6+d16 conserved at each zoom anchor; they are not patent-published finite-object rows.

Optical Elements (14 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Negative Meniscus847238 — dense flint coordinate class (vendor non-unique)
L2Biconvex Positive835430 — high-index lanthanum-flint coordinate class (exact current melt unresolved)
L3Positive Meniscus835430 — high-index lanthanum-flint coordinate class (exact current melt unresolved)
L4Neg. Meniscus (1× Asph)M-TAF101 (HOYA catalog-equivalent coefficient proxy; production supplier unspecified)
L5Positive Meniscus805255 — dense flint coordinate class (vendor non-unique)
L6Biconcave Negative883408 — lanthanum high-index coordinate class (vendor non-unique)
L7Biconvex Positive762266 — dense flint coordinate class (vendor non-unique)
L8Negative Meniscus883408 — lanthanum high-index coordinate class (vendor non-unique)
L9Negative Meniscus835430 — high-index lanthanum-flint coordinate class (exact current melt unresolved)
L10Biconvex Positive569560 — barium crown coordinate class (vendor non-unique)
L11Biconvex Positive517642 — crown coordinate class (vendor non-unique)
L12Biconcave Negative (1× Asph)M-TAF101 (HOYA catalog-equivalent coefficient proxy; production supplier unspecified)
L13Biconcave Negative904313 — high-index lanthanum coordinate class (vendor non-unique)
L14Biconvex Positive517642 — crown coordinate class (vendor non-unique)