KODAK ENLARGING EKTAR 100mm f/4.5

US 2,279,384, Example 6 — Fred E. Altman

5 ELEMENTS / 3 GROUPS
f ≈ 100.36 mm
F/4.5
52° FULL FIELD
ALL-SPHERICAL

Focus Mechanism

Unit focus by enlarger bellows or lens-stage movement; the close-focus state is a representative 3× enlarger conjugate.

Optical Elements (5 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Biconvex PositiveUnmatched (vintage barium crown class, 611/572)
L2Biconcave Negative (weak rear)BAK1 (SUMITA catalog equivalent for patent coordinate; production supplier unspecified)
L3Biconcave NegativeUnmatched (vintage dense flint class, 605/382)
L4Negative MeniscusJ-LF7 (Hikari) / LF7 class (575414 light flint; Δnd +0.00001, Δνd +0.11; equivalent; the original Kodak melt is not known)
L5Biconvex PositiveUnmatched (vintage high-index lanthanum flint class, 744/458)