CARL ZEISS JENA BIOGON 35mm f/2.8 (pre-war)

US 2,084,309 — Ludwig Bertele / Zeiss Ikon

7 elements / 4 groups
f = 35.0 mm
f/2.8
63.4° diagonal field
all-spherical

Focus Mechanism

Unit-focus rendering model. The patent gives only an infinity prescription; close focus uses a 1.0 m visualization assumption and varies only the back focus.

Optical Elements (7)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Positive MeniscusUnmatched vintage Zeiss/Schott 672/472 (nd=1.6716, νd=47.2)
L2Positive MeniscusUnmatched vintage Zeiss/Schott 672/472 (nd=1.6716, νd=47.2)
L3Plano-ConvexFK3 (Schott)
L4Plano-ConcaveSF8 / N-SF8 equivalent (Schott)
L5Negative MeniscusFK3 (Schott)
L6Biconvex PositiveUnmatched vintage Zeiss/Schott 672/472 (nd=1.6716, νd=47.2)
L7Negative MeniscusUnmatched vintage Zeiss/Schott 533/489 (nd=1.5333, νd=48.9)

Analysis

Detailed analysis available in the interactive viewer above.