NIKON NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S

WO 2019/220618 A1 — Saburo Masugi, Tomoyuki Sashima

12 elements / 9 groups
EFL 51.6 mm
f/1.85
2ω = 45.8°
2 Asph · 2 ED
MFD 0.4 m

Focus Mechanism

Patent inner focus: G2 translates 7.911 mm toward the object; G1, stop and G3 stay fixed. Source close distance is 0.4 m object-to-image (307.67 mm to the first surface); the model preserves that object leg after omitting the sensor plate.

Optical Elements (12 physical; 13 modeled media)

ElementTypeGlass
L11Biconcave NegativeS-TIM25 class (dense flint; patent nd=1.67270, νd=32.2)
L12Pos. Meniscus (convex to obj.)FDS18 (HOYA catalog equivalent, 946180; production supplier unspecified)
L13Pos. Meniscus (concave to obj.)S-LAL18 class (lanthanum crown)
L14aThin Aspherical Layer (inferred composite)Unmatched (patent thin-layer medium; polymer identity and supplier unspecified)
L14Pos. Meniscus (composite substrate)S-LAH65V catalog equivalent (production supplier unspecified)
L15Biconvex Positive (ED)S-FPM2 / FCD505 class (ED fluorophosphate; patent nd=1.59319, νd=67.9)
L16Biconcave NegativeS-TIM22 class (dense flint; patent nd=1.64769, νd=33.7)
L21Biconcave NegativeS-TIM22 class (dense flint; patent nd=1.64769, νd=33.7)
L22Biconvex Positive (2× Asph)774472 - lanthanum dense flint (M-TAF401 code match; patent nd=1.77377, vd=47.2)
L23Pos. Meniscus (concave to obj., ED)S-FPL51 / FCD1 class (ED fluorophosphate, νd = 82.6)
L31Pos. Meniscus (concave to obj.)FDS18 (HOYA catalog equivalent, 946180; production supplier unspecified)
L32Neg. Meniscus (concave to obj.)S-TIM22 class (dense flint; patent nd=1.64769, νd=33.7)
L33Concave-Plano NegativeS-TIM22 class (dense flint; patent nd=1.64769, νd=33.7)