NIKON NIKKOR Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena

WO 2024/147268 A1 — Mami Muratani, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Tomonori Kuribayashi, Takuro Ono

16 ELEMENTS / 14 GROUPS
f ≈ 132.3 mm
F/1.85
2ω ≈ 18.6°
1 ASPHERICAL SURFACE

Focus Mechanism

Floating inner focus: G2 (L7, negative) moves toward image, G4 (L13, positive) moves toward object. Counter-directional movement maintains aberration balance. Dual STM stepping motors. Total variable gap sum constant at 36.882 mm.

Optical Elements (16 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Positive MeniscusNikon SR glass; J-SFH4 catalog-equivalent spectral proxy (production material unspecified)
L2Positive MeniscusED fluorophosphate (near S-FPL51)
L3Positive MeniscusED fluorophosphate (near S-FPL51)
L4Biconvex PositiveED fluorophosphate (near S-FPL51)
L5Biconcave Negative855252 anomalous-flint class; NBFD25 catalog spectral proxy (patent dPgF retained)
L6Pos. Meniscus (1× Asph)N-BK7 / S-BSL7 (PGM asphere)
L7Negative Meniscus697555 — lanthanum crown (patent coordinate; vendor unresolved)
L8Positive MeniscusS-NPH1-type phosphate flint (anomalous dispersion)
L9Biconcave Negative855252 anomalous-flint class; NBFD25 catalog spectral proxy (patent dPgF retained)
L10Positive MeniscusED fluorophosphate crown (near S-FPM2)
L11Biconvex Positive804396 class; S-LAH63Q catalog spectral proxy (production supplier unspecified)
L12Negative Meniscus835427 class; S-LAH55VS catalog spectral proxy (production supplier unspecified)
L13Positive Meniscus859300 class; NBFD30 catalog spectral proxy (production supplier unspecified)
L14Biconcave NegativeS-LAH51 (OHARA, patent nd/vd match)
L15Positive MeniscusDense short flint (≈ S-TIH53)
L16Negative Meniscus816466 class; J-LASF09A catalog spectral proxy (production supplier unspecified)