NIKON NEW NIKKOR 20mm f/4

US 3,549,241 A — Ikuo Mori

11 ELEMENTS / 9 GROUPS
f ≈ 20.0 mm
F/4
2ω = 90° (PATENT)
ALL-SPHERICAL

Focus Mechanism

Patent close-range correction: the air gap inside the split L5 component closes from 0.432 to 0.314 mm at 1/25× magnification while the image distance grows. The near image distance is calculated from that published state, and intermediate positions are a linear interpolation. The production lens focuses to 0.30 m, which the patent does not tabulate.

Optical Elements (11 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Positive Meniscus620603 — dense barium crown, SK16 class (J-SK16 HIKARI / S-BSM16 OHARA coordinate-compatible; supplier unconfirmed)
L2Negative Meniscus697556 — lanthanum crown, LaK14 class (J-LAK14 HIKARI / S-LAL14 OHARA coordinate-compatible; supplier unconfirmed)
L3Negative Meniscus697556 — lanthanum crown, LaK14 class (J-LAK14 HIKARI / S-LAL14 OHARA coordinate-compatible; supplier unconfirmed)
L4aNegative Meniscus678555 — lanthanum crown, LaK12 class (LAC12 HOYA / K-LaK12 SUMITA coordinate-compatible; supplier unconfirmed)
L4bBiconvex Positive606439 — barium flint, BaF4 class (S-BAM4 OHARA / N-BAF4 SCHOTT coordinate-compatible; supplier unconfirmed)
L5aPlano-Convex603380 — flint, F5 class (J-F5 HIKARI / F5 SCHOTT coordinate-compatible; supplier unconfirmed)
L5bPlano-Convex603380 — flint, F5 class (J-F5 HIKARI / F5 SCHOTT coordinate-compatible; supplier unconfirmed)
L6aBiconcave Negative762265 — dense flint, SF14 class (J-SF14 HIKARI / S-TIH14 OHARA coordinate-compatible; supplier unconfirmed)
L6bPositive Meniscus767462 — lanthanum dense flint (nearest J-LASFH2 HIKARI, nd identical, catalog νd 46.78, Δνd +0.58; supplier unconfirmed)
L7Positive Meniscus517642 — borosilicate crown, BK7 class (J-BK7A HIKARI / N-BK7 SCHOTT coordinate-compatible; supplier unconfirmed)
L8Positive Meniscus639450 — barium flint, BaF12 class (BAF12 SUMITA / S-BAM12 OHARA coordinate-compatible; supplier unconfirmed)