CANON EF 50mm f/1.0 L USM

US 4,717,245, Example 2 — Sadatoshi Takahashi

11 ELEMENTS / 9 GROUPS
f ≈ 50.0 mm
F/1.0
2ω ≈ 45.2°
2 ASPHERICAL SURFACES

Focus Mechanism

Unit extension of the whole optical block (the patent's preferred method); the close-focus back gap is calculated for the 0.6 m production MFD. The production lens uses a floating system whose group displacements are not published.

Optical Elements (11 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Positive MeniscusBACD14 (HOYA catalog equivalent)
L2Positive MeniscusS-LAL14 (OHARA catalog equivalent)
L3Neg. Meniscus (1× Asph)S-NSL36 (OHARA catalog equivalent)
L4Positive MeniscusS-LAH58 (OHARA catalog equivalent)
L5Negative MeniscusS-NSL36 (OHARA catalog equivalent)
L6Biconcave NegativePBH53 (OHARA catalog equivalent)
L7Biconvex PositiveS-LAH58 (OHARA catalog equivalent)
L8Neg. Meniscus (1× Asph)S-TIH6 (OHARA catalog equivalent)
L9Positive MeniscusS-LAH58 (OHARA catalog equivalent)
L10Biconvex PositiveS-LAH58 (OHARA catalog equivalent)
L11Positive MeniscusS-BAL50 (OHARA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)