TAMRON 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III VC (B011)

JP 2012-181525 A — Nobuyuki Adachi, Hisayuki Yamanaka

17 ELEMENTS / 13 GROUPS
18.50-194.00 mm PATENT EFL
f/3.56-6.47 PATENT
5 ASPHERICAL SURFACES
INNER FOCUS / VC

Focus Mechanism

Patent inner focus uses the single positive F element as the focusing group. Focus status NO_INTERNAL_RECONSTRUCTION: only the three published infinity zoom states are modeled; 0.5 m is the marketed MOD, not a reconstructed close-focus state.

Optical Elements (17 physical; 18 modeled media)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Negative Meniscus904313 - lanthanum-flint class
L2Biconvex PositiveK-CaFK95 (Sumita catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L3Positive Meniscus729547 - lanthanum-crown class
L4rHybrid Resin Layer (1x Asph)Unmatched (hybrid asphere resin/polymer, nd=1.51460, vd=50.0)
L4gNegative Meniscus883408 - high-index lanthanum-flint class
L5Biconcave Negative804465 - lanthanum-flint class
L6Biconvex Positive923209 - dense-flint class
L7Negative Meniscus (1x Asph)M-TAF31 (Hoya catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L8Biconvex Positive (2x Asph)694532 - low-Tg molded lanthanum-crown class
L9Biconvex Positive497816 - low-dispersion crown class
L10Negative Meniscus806333 - high-index flint class
L11Negative Meniscus904313 - lanthanum-flint class
L12Positive Meniscus497816 - low-dispersion crown class
L13Biconvex Positive (1x Asph)689311 - low-Tg molded flint class
L14Biconcave Negative835427 - high-index lanthanum-flint class
L15Biconvex Positive541472 - flint class
L16Negative Meniscus883408 - high-index lanthanum-flint class
L17Biconvex Positive673322 - dense-flint class