Canon 100mm F/2 LSM
Short telephoto prime lens • Film era • Discontinued
- Announced:
- · January 1959
- Production status:
- ● Discontinued
- Country of design:
- · Japan
- Original name:
- · Canon Camera Co. CANON LENS 100mm f:2
- · Canon Camera Co., Inc. CANON LENS 100mm 1:2
- · CANON LENS 100mm 1:2
- Class:
- · Fast full-frame short telephoto prime lens
- System:
- · Canon S (LSM) (1949)
Specification
| Optical design: | |
| 35mm full frame | |
| 100mm | |
| F/2 | |
| 6 elements in 4 groups | |
| Leica screw mount | |
| 24.4° (35mm full frame) | |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Manual |
Aperture control: | Aperture ring |
| 13 (thirteen) | |
| Focusing: | |
Coupled to the rangefinder: | Yes |
| 1m | |
Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing ring |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| 515g | |
| ⌀63×91mm | |
| Accessories: | |
| Screw-type 58mm | |
| T-60 - Clamp-on round |
Sources of data
- All-new Canon 7 instruction booklet.
- Canon VI-T, VI-L instruction booklet.
- Canon products guide.
- Canon systems equipment price list by Bell & Howell (March 1969).
- Select Canon interchangeable lenses for your camera booklet (PUB. 52621) (September 1968).
- The Canon system of photography booklet (PUB. 5334) (March 1969).
- Bell & Howell / Canon. World famous 35mm photographic products booklet (March 1962).
- The Canon system of photography booklet (PUB. 5313B) (August 1968).
- Canon P Populaire booklet (PUB. C-9503) (January 1959).
- How to use Canon Populaire booklet (PUB. 5004A).
- Select Canon interchangeable lenses for your camera booklet (PUB. 5262) (November 1965).
Manufacturer description
A 100mm large-aperture, long-focus lens. Excellent in resolution. Unsurpassed in efficiency at full aperture. Keeps the object plain and is free from color aberrations. No focus movement due to aperture closing.
Other short telephoto prime lenses in the Canon S (LSM) system
| ■Leica screw mount (9) | |||||||||
| Serenar 85mm F/2 [II] LSM | M | 6 - 4 | 3.5 ft. | S.VII | 1951 ● | ||||
| Serenar / Canon 85mm F/1.9 [I] LSM | M | 6 - 4 | 1.00m | S.VII | 1951 ● | ||||
| Canon 85mm F/1.9 [II] LSM | M | 6 - 4 | 1.00m | ⌀48 | 1958 ● | ||||
| Canon 85mm F/1.8 LSM | M | 5 - 4 | 1.00m | ⌀58 | 1961 ● | ||||
| Serenar / Canon 85mm F/1.5 [I] LSM | M | 7 - 4 | 1.00m | S.VII | 1952 ● | ||||
| Canon 85mm F/1.5 [II] LSM | M | 7 - 4 | 1.00m | S.VII | 1953 ● | ||||
| Serenar / Canon 100mm F/3.5 [I] LSM | M | 5 - 4 | 1.00m | S.VI | 1953 ● | ||||
| Canon 100mm F/3.5 [II] LSM | M | 5 - 4 | 1.00m | ⌀34 | 1958 ● | ||||
| Canon 100mm F/3.5 [III] LSM | M | 5 - 4 | 1.00m | ⌀40 | 1960 ● | ||||
Lenses with similar focal length
| ■Leica screw mount (10) | |||||||||
| Fuji Photo Film Fujinon 100mm F/2 LSM | M | 6 - 4 | 3.5 ft. | ⌀58 | 1956 ● | ||||
| Leitz Wetzlar Thambar 90mm F/2.2 [TOODY] | M | 4 - 3 | 1.00m | E48 | 1935 ● | ||||
| Leitz Wetzlar Elmarit 90mm F/2.8 [ELRIT / 11029, ELKOO / 11026] | M | 5 - 3 | 1.00m | E39 | 1959 ● | ||||
| Leitz Canada Summicron 90mm F/2 [I] Type 2 [SEOOF / 11023] | M | 6 - 5 | 1.00m | E48 | 1959 ● | ||||
| Leitz Wetzlar / Leitz Canada Summicron 90mm F/2 [I] Type 1 [SOOZI] | M | 6 - 5 | 1.00m | E48 | 1957 ● | ||||
| Nippon Kogaku Nikkor-P·C 105mm F/2.5 LSM | M | 5 - 3 | 4 ft. | S.VII | 1953 ● | ||||
| Sankyo Kohki Komura 105mm F/2 LSM | M | 5 - 4 | 1.50m | ⌀58 | ● | ||||
| Sankyo Kohki Komura 105mm F/2.8 LSM | M | 5 - 4 | 1.50m | ⌀48 | ● | ||||
| Sankyo Kohki Komura 105mm F/2.5 LSM | M | 6 - ? | 1.50m | ⌀48 | ● | ||||
| Yashica Super Yashinon 100mm F/2.8 LSM | M | ? - ? | 1.00m | 1959 ● | |||||