CARL ZEISS MIROTAR 500mm f/4.5 — Optical Cross-Section & Ray Tracing

Home / Lenses / Carl Zeiss Oberkochen / CARL ZEISS MIROTAR 500mm f/4.5CARL ZEISS MIROTAR 500mm f/4.5GB 975,446↗, sole example
5 PHYSICAL ELEMENTS / 5 GROUPS (PRIMARY MIRROR INCLUDED)
PATENT-SCALE EFL ≈ 502.96 mm
GEOMETRIC f/4.00 / PRODUCTION f/4.5
135 FULL-FRAME
ALL-SPHERICAL CASSEGRAIN
Focus MechanismFixed patent optics. The production lens uses bellows focusing to 3.5 m; bellows travel is not modeled.
Optical Elements (5 physical; 4 modeled media)ElementTypeGlass
L1Positive MeniscusN-BK7 (coordinate-compatible dispersion proxy; historical supplier unconfirmed)
L2Negative MeniscusBALK3 (coordinate-compatible dispersion proxy; historical supplier unconfirmed)
L3Plano-Convex PositiveLLF4 (coordinate-compatible dispersion proxy; historical supplier unconfirmed)
L4Biconcave NegativeN-BK7 (coordinate-compatible dispersion proxy; historical supplier unconfirmed)

Element	Type	Glass
L1	Positive Meniscus	N-BK7 (coordinate-compatible dispersion proxy; historical supplier unconfirmed)
L2	Negative Meniscus	BALK3 (coordinate-compatible dispersion proxy; historical supplier unconfirmed)
L3	Plano-Convex Positive	LLF4 (coordinate-compatible dispersion proxy; historical supplier unconfirmed)
L4	Biconcave Negative	N-BK7 (coordinate-compatible dispersion proxy; historical supplier unconfirmed)