RODENSTOCK SIRONAR 100mm f/5.6 (original convertible)

DE 1 258 134 B, Example I — Franz Schlegel

6 ELEMENTS / 4 GROUPS
DESIGN f = 100 mm
DESIGN F/5.6
ALL SPHERICAL
CONVERTIBLE: FRONT CELL ≈ 276 mm

Focus Mechanism

Unit focus by view-camera bellows: the whole lens moves away from the film and only the back focus changes. The patent prints only the infinity state; the 12.69 mm extension for a 1.0 m object-to-image distance is derived paraxially and is not a manufacturer specification.

Optical Elements (6 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Biconvex PositiveBACD14 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L2Biconcave NegativeUnmatched (short flint of anomalous dispersion per the patent, ne 1.5543 / νe 49.3; no coordinate-equal catalog row)
L3Positive MeniscusPC2 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L4Positive MeniscusPC2 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L5Biconcave NegativeUnmatched (short flint of anomalous dispersion per the patent, ne 1.5543 / νe 49.3; no coordinate-equal catalog row)
L6Biconvex PositiveBACD14 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)