Elicar 300-600mm F4.1-5.7 V-HQ IF ED Macro Specifications

Compatibility:

analog/digital limited (dumb mount - aperture priority or manual modes only)

Diagonal Angle of View:

7.6° - 4.1°

Maximum Magnification:

1:4

Minimum Aperture:

F32

Number of Aperture Blades:

10

Iris Pattern:

star shaped

Minimum Distance:

450cm (55cm in Macro mode, which is only available at the 300mm zoom position)

Filter Thread:

112mm

Maximum Diameter:

120mm

Length:

414mm

Weight:

3750g

Focus Type:

floating elements, manual only

Zoom Type:

rotary

Lens Hood:

built-in, retractable

Produced:

2013 by Tapak

Tests:

 

Additional Information:

A first handmade working prototype was presented at Photokina 2010, which already must have featured the macro mode (same max. magnification). Although announced for serial production within the same year Tapak continued to improve the optical and physical design until 2012, when an early production sample was presented at Photokina again. Features that had changed until then included aperture sizes (initially F4.5-6.3 open with a max of F45), the filter thread (105mm) and physical length and weigth (405mm, 3000g). The official announcement (at least for outside of Japan) took another year. The lens never made it to Europe by means of regular distribution. It appeared in Komamura's Falcon Eye brochure in 2014, while the 2015's version goes without.