LAOWA 15mm f/2 Zero-D

US 2018/0149842 A1 Example 1 - Anhui Changgeng Optics / Xiaohua Zhang

Patent Example 1
12 elements / 9 groups
f = 15.505 mm design
F/2.06 design; f/2 marketed
2ω = 109.4° patent field
4 aspherical surfaces on 2 elements

Focus Mechanism

Patent rear/inner focus: Gr1 fixed; the stop plus Gr2 translate objectward by 0.298 mm at the patent 0.020x state. The production 0.15 m / 0.25x close-focus spacing is not published in the patent and is not extrapolated here.

Optical Elements (12)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Negative MeniscusTAC8 / S-LAL18 / H-LaK52 class (729-547)
L2Neg. Meniscus (2x Asph)M-NBFD130 / NBFD13 class (806-407)
L3Negative MeniscusFD60 / N-SF6 class (805-255)
L4Biconvex PositiveTAFD35L / TAFD35 class (911-353)
L5Biconcave NegativeFCD1 / N-PK52A / S-FPL51 class (497-816)
L6Biconvex PositiveE-F2 / N-F2 class (620-363)
L7Biconcave NegativeNBFD15 / NBFD15-W class (806-333)
L8Negative MeniscusTAFD25 / N-LASF46B class (904-313)
L9Biconvex PositiveFCD1 / N-PK52A / S-FPL51 class (497-816)
L10Negative MeniscusTAFD5G class (835-427)
L11Biconvex PositiveFCD1 / N-PK52A / S-FPL51 class (497-816)
L12Neg. Meniscus (2x Asph)M-BACD12 / L-BAL42 / D-ZK2 class (583-595)

Analysis

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