VOIGTLÄNDER APO-LANTHAR 50mm f/3.5 (Type II) VM

JP 2025-108279 A — Yoshihisa Yomogida, Yuki Shibata

8 ELEMENTS / 6 GROUPS
EFL 49.101 mm MODEL / 49.10 mm PATENT
50 mm / f/3.5 MARKETED
F/3.56 / 2ω = 47.88° PATENT
45.7° MARKETED AOV
4 APD ELEMENTS (MANUFACTURER-MARKED)

Focus Mechanism

Published whole-lens unit focus; no finite-distance optical state is encoded. Type II reaches 0.35 m and Type I reaches 0.45 m with the same prescription.

Optical Elements (8 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Negative Meniscus, convex to object487704 — low-dispersion crown; vendor identity not unique
L2Positive Meniscus883408 — high-index lanthanum crown; vendor identity not unique
L3Biconvex Positive729547 — lanthanum crown; vendor identity not unique
L4Biconcave Negative603380 — F5-class flint; vendor identity not unique
L5Biconcave Negative567428 — FL6/S-TIL26-class light flint; vendor identity not unique
L6Biconvex Positive497816 — FCD1/S-FPL51/N-PK52A-class fluorophosphate crown; vendor identity not unique
L7Biconvex Positive713539 — LAK8/LAC8-class lanthanum crown; vendor identity not unique
L8Negative Meniscus, convex to image689312 — FD8/SF8/S-TIM28-class dense flint; vendor identity not unique