PANASONIC LEICA DG VARIO-ELMARIT 8-18mm f/2.8-4.0 ASPH.

JP 2018-180348 A, Numerical Example 1 — Shunichiro Yoshinaga, Hiroaki Suzuki, Yoshiaki Kurioka

15 ELEMENTS / 10 GROUPS
DESIGN f = 8.27–17.24 mm
DESIGN F/2.90–3.99
8 ASPHERICAL SURFACES / 4 ELEMENTS
3 ED ELEMENTS (1 ASPHERICAL) / 1 UHR

Focus Mechanism

Infinity focus only: the patent prints no close-focus data. Its text (¶0029) says the fourth group (G4) moves imageward to focus, while Figure 1 draws the focusing arrow under G3. Panasonic's 0.23 m minimum focus distance is not modeled.

Optical Elements (15 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Negative MeniscusTAF3 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L2Neg. Meniscus (2× Asph)K-CSK120 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L3Biconcave NegativeFCD705 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L4Positive MeniscusS-LAH55 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L5Pos. Meniscus (2× Asph)K-CSK120 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L6Positive MeniscusS-TIH53 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L7Biconcave NegativeTAFD55 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L8Biconvex PositiveS-NBH5 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L9Biconvex PositiveFCD1 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L10Biconvex PositiveFDS18 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L11Biconcave NegativeS-TIH53 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L12Biconvex Positive (2× Asph)S-FPL51 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L13Biconcave NegativeNBFD15 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L14Positive MeniscusS-BSM16 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)
L15Biconvex Positive (2× Asph)S-TIM28 (catalog equivalent; supplier unconfirmed)