CARL ZEISS JENA SONNAR 50mm f/1.5 (US 2,186,621 Design)

US 2,186,621, Figure 1 — Ludwig Bertele

7 ELEMENTS / 3 GROUPS
DESIGN f = 100 (NORMALIZED; SCALED 0.5× TO 50 mm)
DESIGN F/1.50
ALL SPHERICAL

Focus Mechanism

Modeled unit focus: the patent prints only the infinity prescription. The Contax Sonnar focuses as a unit through the camera's helicoid, so the whole lens and stop move objectward 3.14 mm at the modeled 0.9 m object-to-image endpoint; this extension is calculated, not a patent value.

Optical Elements (7 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Positive Meniscus671472 — catalog coordinate (supplier unconfirmed)
L2Positive Meniscus671472 — catalog coordinate (supplier unconfirmed)
L3Biconvex Positive489701 — fluor-crown class (supplier unconfirmed)
L4Biconcave NegativeUnmatched (739282 — dense-flint class; supplier unconfirmed)
L5Plano-Concave NegativeUnmatched (523509 — supplier unconfirmed)
L6Biconvex PositiveUnmatched (658512 — SSK-class dense crown, near N-SSK5; supplier unconfirmed)
L7Negative MeniscusUnmatched (589612 — crown class, near SK5; supplier unconfirmed)