Lens Type Element overview

[Zopkuni]

Hallo,

I would like to start a thread about Lens design
(element layout), I have found this nice overview
of the most famous German lens types, I would love to
add different Japanese type as those from Olympus
and Nikon and some Russians and Chinese etc...

Anybody here with Japanese and English and American Lens layouts
for comparison puposes? Odd ball types as Atomic Atomar etc... ;-) welcome...

1. Agfa Agnar 1:6,3,1:4,5 / Agfa Apotar 1:4,5,1:3,5
2. Zeiss Novar 1:6,3,1:4,5,1:3,5
3. Voigtländer Vaskar 1:4,5
4. Steinheil Cassar 1:4,5, l :3,5,1:2,8
5. Schneider Radionar 1:4,5,1:3,5 1:2,9
6. Agfa Solinar l :4,5 1:3,5,1:2,8
7. Zeiss Tessar 1:3,5, 1:2,8
8. Schneider Xenar 1:3,5, 1:2,8
9. Voigtländer Color Skopar l :3,5
10. Schneider Xenotar 1:2,8
11. Voigtländer Ultron 1:2,0
12. Rodenstock Heligon 1:2,0
13. Schneider Xenon 1:2,0,1:1,9
14. Zeiss Biotar 1:2,0
15. Zeiss Sonnar 1:1,5 = Jupiter 3 and 8 CCCP / FSU
16. Voigtländer Nokton 1:1,5

Does anybody have the layout of the Olympus Zuiko D, F, G ?
Is Helios 44 type of Lens (USSR) similar to the Sonnar and Jupiter 3 / 8 formula?

Best regards

 

[Roger Hicks]

Buy Cox's Optics, which gives LOTS of lens sections, and even more lenses with descriptions of what section they most closely resemble.

Remember too that many lens sections are copyrighted, and that reproducing them without permission is, in effect, theft.

Cheers,

R.

 

[Filzkoeter]

The Helios 44 is a copy of the Zeiss Biotar 58 2.0

For an overview of many double-gauss lens designs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-Gauss_lens

 

[Dwig]

Here's a link to some info on FSU lenses:

http://www.baierfoto.de/russobj/objektive.html

 

[Jack Conrad]

There's a lot of similarity between the Biotar and the Xenon. Interesting.
I definitely like both lenses. The Helios 44 can be quite good.