NIKON Gyogyotto 20mm f/8

US 5,949,588 — Kouichi Ohshita, Atsushi Shibayama

3 elements / 2 groups
f = 20.0 mm (scaled from patent f = 100)
f/8 marketed; f/8.25 design
2ω = 164.0° patent field
all-spherical

Focus Mechanism

Fixed-focus production lens. The patent notes optional whole-lens extension or L1-only focusing, but Table 8 provides no close-focus spacing data.

Optical Elements (3 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Plano-Concave NegativeN-SK16 / S-BSM16 class (620/601; patent νd=60.14)
L2Thick Negative MeniscusN-SF6 / S-TIH6 class (805/254)
L3Biconvex PositiveS-LAL52 catalog equivalent (patent 670575; production supplier unspecified)