Canon 100mm F/3.5 [III] LSM

Short telephoto prime lens • Film era • Discontinued

  • Announced:
  • · March 1960
  • Production status:
  •  Discontinued
  • Country of design:
  • · Japan
  • Original name:
  • · Canon Camera Co. CANON LENS 100mm f:3.5
  • · Canon Camera Co., Inc. CANON LENS 100mm 1:3.5
  • Class:
  • · Slow full-frame short telephoto prime lens
  • System:
  • · Canon S (LSM) (1949)

Abbreviations

III Third generation.

Model history (5)

Serenar 100mm F/4 [I]M3 - 33.5 ft.S.VI 1948 
Serenar 100mm F/4 [II]M3 - 33.5 ft.S.VI 1950 
Serenar / Canon 100mm F/3.5 [I] LSMM5 - 41.00mS.VI 1953 
Canon 100mm F/3.5 [II] LSMM5 - 41.00m⌀34 1958 
Canon 100mm F/3.5 [III] LSMM5 - 41.00m⌀40 1960 

Specification

Optical design:
35mm full frame
100mm
F/3.5
5 elements in 4 groups
Leica screw mount
24.4° (35mm full frame)
Diaphragm mechanism:
Diaphragm type:
Manual
Aperture control:
Aperture ring
10 (ten)
Focusing:
Coupled to the rangefinder:
Yes
1m
Focusing modes:
Manual focus only
Manual focus control:
Focusing ring
Physical characteristics:
220g
⌀47×73mm
Accessories:
Screw-type 40mm
T-42 - Clamp-on round

Sources of data

  • All-new Canon 7 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).
  • Select Canon interchangeable lenses for your camera booklet (PUB. 5262) (November 1965).

Other short telephoto prime lenses in the Canon S (LSM) system

Leica screw mount (9)
Serenar 85mm F/2 [II] LSMM6 - 43.5 ft.S.VII 1951 
Serenar / Canon 85mm F/1.9 [I] LSMM6 - 41.00mS.VII 1951 
Canon 85mm F/1.9 [II] LSMM6 - 41.00m⌀48 1958 
Canon 85mm F/1.8 LSMM5 - 41.00m⌀58 1961 
Serenar / Canon 85mm F/1.5 [I] LSMM7 - 41.00mS.VII 1952 
Canon 85mm F/1.5 [II] LSMM7 - 41.00mS.VII 1953 
Serenar / Canon 100mm F/3.5 [I] LSMM5 - 41.00mS.VI 1953 
Canon 100mm F/3.5 [II] LSMM5 - 41.00m⌀34 1958 
Canon 100mm F/2 LSMM6 - 41.00m⌀58 1959 

Lenses with similar focal length

Leica screw mount (12)
Chiyoko Tele Rokkor 110mm F/5.6 [C] LSMM4 - 2⌀34 1948 
Cosina Voigtlander APO-Lanthar 90mm F/3.5 MC LSMM6 - 51.00m⌀39 2001 
Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 90mm F/4 [I] Type 1 [ELANG, ELANGKUP, ELANGCHROM]M4 - 31.00mA36 1931 
Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 90mm F/4 [I] Type 3 [ELANG / 11730, ELANG / 11030]M4 - 31.00m 1950 
Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 105mm F/6.3 [ELZEN, ELZENKUP, ELZENCHROM]M4 - 32.60m 1932 
Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 90mm F/4 [II] [11730]M3 - 31.00mE39 1964 
Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 90mm F/4 [I] Type 2 [ELANG]M4 - 31.00m 1933 
Sankyo Kohki Komura 105mm F/3.5 LSMM3 - 31.25m⌀43
FED-36 100mm F/6.3 LSM
akaФЭД 100mm F/6.3
M4 - 21.00mA36
Sun Sola 90mm F/4 LSM Type 1M4 - 33.5 ft.
Sun [Sola] 90mm F/4 LSM Type 2
akaXebec 90mm F/4 LSM
M4 - 34 ft.⌀34
Tokyo Kogaku Topcor 90mm F/3.5 LSMM3 - 33.5 ft.⌀34 1956 

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