SIGMA 15mm f/2.8 EX DG DIAGONAL FISHEYE

JP H02-248910 A, Numerical Example 1 — Yasunori Murata

7 ELEMENTS / 6 GROUPS
DESIGN f = 15.3 mm
DESIGN F/2.8
ALL SPHERICAL
EQUISOLID FISHEYE, 2ω = 180°

Focus Mechanism

Inferred unit focus: the whole lens moves away from the image, so only the image gap grows, from 38.96 mm at infinity to 42.69 mm (3.73 mm) at Sigma's 0.15 m minimum focus distance. The patent tabulates infinity only and does not name the production focusing method; the model reaches 1:4.1 at close focus against Sigma's 1:3.8. Nine keyframes are solved paraxially and positions between them are interpolated.

Optical Elements (7 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Negative MeniscusJ-LAK14 (HIKARI catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L2Negative MeniscusNBFD11 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L3Biconvex PositiveFD140 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L4Negative MeniscusNBFD15 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L5Biconvex PositiveFK5 (SUMITA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L6Biconvex PositiveFK5 (SUMITA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L7Negative MeniscusFD60 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)