PENTAX SUPER-TAKUMAR 50mm f/1.4 (8-element)

JP S40-028384 B, Example 1 — Tomokazu Kazamaki, Yasuo Takahashi

8 ELEMENTS / 6 GROUPS
DESIGN f = 50 mm
DESIGN F/1.4
ALL SPHERICAL

Focus Mechanism

Unit focus: the whole optical unit moves forward on the helicoid, so only the back focus changes. The patent publishes the infinity state alone. The 0.45 m close state (object to image, the maker's minimum focus distance) is derived paraxially and is not a patent state: back focus 37.71 to 44.847 mm (7.14 mm extension), magnification -0.143x.

Optical Elements (8 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Positive MeniscusNBFD13 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L2Positive MeniscusNBFD13 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L3Negative MeniscusE-FD13 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L4Biconcave NegativeE-FD13 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L5Biconvex PositiveNBFD11 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L6Negative MeniscusBAFD7 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L7Positive MeniscusNBFD11 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L8Biconvex PositiveNBFD11 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)