SONY FE 14mm f/1.8 GM

WO 2021/199923 A1 — Takumu Yamada, Dai Matsuoka

14 elements / 11 groups
f = 14.42 mm design
F/1.85 design (marketed F/1.8)
114° official diagonal angle
6 aspherical surfaces

Focus Mechanism

Inner focus: L8-L13 (G2F) moves objectward by 1.69 mm; G1 and L14 remain fixed.

Optical Elements (14 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Neg. Meniscus (2× Asph)S-BAL42-class (OHARA; patent index aligns with catalog ne, 585/595)
L2Negative MeniscusUnmatched (732547 patent e-line value; no verified d-line catalog identity)
L3Biconcave NegativeS-FPM2-class ED fluorophosphate (OHARA; soft match, 595/686)
L4Biconvex Positive694312 - short flint (Sony patent nd=1.69416, vd=31.2; no exact public catalog match)
L5Negative Meniscus910313 - dense lanthanum flint (Sony patent nd=1.91048, vd=31.3; no exact public catalog match)
L6Positive MeniscusUnmatched (777/297 dense short flint; no close OHARA public-catalog match)
L7Biconvex Positive (2× Asph)S-LAH66-class dense lanthanum flint (OHARA; soft match, 772/492)
L8Biconvex PositiveS-FPL53/S-FPL55-class super-ED fluorophosphate (OHARA; soft match, 438/951)
L9Biconvex PositiveS-FPL51-class ED fluorophosphate (OHARA; patent index aligns with catalog ne, 498/816)
L10Biconcave Negative863252 - dense flint (Sony patent nd=1.86252, vd=25.2; no exact public catalog match)
L11Biconvex PositiveUnmatched (933/209 ultra-high-index short flint)
L12Biconcave Negative863252 - dense flint (Sony patent nd=1.86252, vd=25.2; no exact public catalog match)
L13Biconcave Negative (2× Asph)Unmatched (856401 patent e-line value; no verified d-line catalog identity)
L14Positive MeniscusUnmatched (622639 patent e-line value; no verified d-line catalog identity)