PENTAX SMC PENTAX 18mm f/3.5

US 3,841,736, Table III — Yasuo Takahashi, Sadao Okudaira

12 ELEMENTS / 11 GROUPS
DESIGN f = 100 (NORMALIZED; SCALED 0.18× TO 18 mm)
DESIGN F/3.5
ALL SPHERICAL
FILTER PLATE NOT MODELED

Focus Mechanism

The model stays at infinity: the patent says nothing about focusing, naming no focusing lens or direction and printing no close-focus spacings. Pentax's table lists 0.25 m.

Optical Elements (12 physical; 11 modeled media)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Negative MeniscusLACL60 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L2Plano-ConvexS-BSL7 (OHARA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L3Negative MeniscusLACL60 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L4Negative MeniscusS-BSL7 (OHARA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L5Biconvex PositiveLACL60 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L6Biconvex PositiveF1 (SUMITA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L7Biconvex PositiveS-BSL7 (OHARA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L8Biconcave NegativeS-LAH60 (OHARA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L9Positive MeniscusS-FSL5 (OHARA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L10Negative MeniscusSF6 (Schott catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L11Biconvex PositiveS-BSL7 (OHARA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)