LAOWA 105mm f/2 Smooth Trans Focus (STF)

CN 104991330 B — Xiaohua Zhang

11 ELEMENTS / 8 GROUPS
DESIGN f = 102.26 mm
DESIGN F/2.05
ALL SPHERICAL
APODIZATION ELEMENT

Focus Mechanism

PUBLISHED infinity and 0.15× states from CN 104991330 B Example 1 (D11 13.5722 → 7.0000 mm, D22 39.6422 → 55.5496 mm). Both positive groups move toward the object, Gr1 by 9.34 mm and Gr2 by 15.91 mm, closing the air space between them by 6.57 mm. The 0.855 m object-to-image distance of the 0.15× state is calculated from those spacings; the patent does not print it, and it is not the marketed 0.9 m minimum focus distance. Positions between the two states are linearly interpolated.

Optical Elements (11 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Positive MeniscusFC5 (HOYA; coordinate equivalent)
L2Positive MeniscusE-FDS1 (HOYA; coordinate equivalent)
L3Negative MeniscusUnmatched (flint; source nd 1.69449, vd 29.84)
L4Positive MeniscusTAF3 (HOYA; coordinate equivalent)
L5Biconvex PositiveUnmatched (crown; source nd 1.55102, vd 66.41)
L6Biconcave NegativeSF11 (Schott; coordinate equivalent)
L7Biconvex PositiveTAF3 (HOYA; coordinate equivalent)
L8Plano-ConcaveUnmatched (neutral-gray apodization glass; source nd 1.50400, vd 63.00)
L9Plano-ConvexUnmatched (crown; source nd 1.67128, vd 56.37)
L10Biconcave NegativeE-F2 (HOYA; coordinate equivalent)
L11Biconvex PositiveUnmatched (high-index glass; source nd 1.81538, vd 36.87)