Canon 28mm F/3.5 [II] LSM

Wide-angle prime lens • Film era • Discontinued

  • Announced:
  • · January 1957
  • Production status:
  • ● Discontinued
  • Country of design:
  • · Japan
  • Original name:
  • · Canon Camera Co. CANON LENS 28mm f:3.5
  • Class:
  • · Slow full-frame wide-angle prime lens
  • · Pancake lens
  • System:
  • · Canon S (LSM) (1949)

Abbreviations

II Second generation.

Model history (2)

■Serenar / Canon 28mm F/3.5 [I] LSM • Pancake lensM6 - 41.00mS.VI 1951 ●
—Canon CT 28mm F/3.5 1954 ●
■Canon 28mm F/3.5 [II] LSM • Pancake lensM6 - 41.00m⌀40 1957 ●

Specification

Optical design:
35mm full frame
28mm
F/3.5
6 elements in 4 groups (Double Gauss derivative)
Leica screw mount
75.4° (35mm full frame)
Diaphragm mechanism:
Diaphragm type:
Manual
Aperture control:
Aperture ring
6 (six)
Focusing:
Coupled to the rangefinder:
Yes
1m
Focusing modes:
Manual focus only
Manual focus control:
Focusing ring
Physical characteristics:
120g
⌀48×24.7mm
Accessories:
Screw-type 40mm
Not required

Sources of data

  • Canon lenses booklet (September 1958).
  • Canon VI-T, VI-L instruction booklet.
  • Canon systems equipment price list by Bell & Howell (March 1969).
  • Canon P Populaire booklet (PUB. C-9503) (January 1959).
  • How to use Canon Populaire booklet (PUB. 5004A).

Manufacturer description

A unique lens of exceptionally wide angle of view and speed. Completely accurate and uniform in light transmission.

Other wide-angle prime lenses in the Canon S (LSM) system

■Leica screw mount (9)
Canon 25mm F/3.5 LSM • Pancake lensM5 - 31.00mS.VI 1956 ●
Serenar / Canon 28mm F/3.5 [I] LSM • Pancake lensM6 - 41.00mS.VI 1951 ●
Canon 28mm F/2.8 LSM • Pancake lensM6 - 41.00mS.VI 1957 ●
Serenar / Canon 35mm F/3.2 LSM • Pancake lensM6 - 43.5 ft.S.VI 1951 ●
Serenar / Canon 35mm F/2.8 [I] LSM • Pancake lensM6 - 41.00mS.VI 1951 ●
Canon 35mm F/2.8 [II] LSMM6 - 41.00m⌀40 1957 ●
Canon 35mm F/2 LSMM7 - 41.00m⌀40 1962 ●
Canon 35mm F/1.8 LSMM7 - 41.00mS.VI 1957 ●
Canon 35mm F/1.5 LSMM8 - 41.00m⌀48 1958 ●

Lenses with similar focal length

■Leica screw mount (17)
Cosina Voigtlander Ultron 28mm F/1.9 Aspherical LSMM9 - 70.70m⌀46 2001 ●
Cosina Voigtlander Snapshot-Skopar 25mm F/4 MC LSMM7 - 50.70m⌀39 1999 ●
Cosina Voigtlander Color-Skopar 28mm F/3.5 LSM • Pancake lensM7 - 50.70m⌀39 2002 ●
Cosina Voigtlander Color-Skopar 28mm F/2.8 Aspherical LSM • Pancake lensM8 - 50.70m⌀34 2023 ●
Leitz Hektor 28mm F/6.3 [HOOPY / 11000, HOOPY-CHROM, HOOPY-B]M5 - 31.00mE34 1935 ●
Leitz Wetzlar Summaron 28mm F/5.6 [SNOOX / 11501, SNOOX / 11001]M6 - 41.00mA36 1956 ●
Minolta G-Rokkor 28mm F/3.5 LSM (2000 units) • Pancake lensM5 - 50.80m⌀40.5 1998 ●
Nippon Kogaku W-Nikkor·C 25mm F/4 LSM (950 units)M4 - 43.5 ft.S.VI 1953 ●
Nippon Kogaku W-Nikkor·C 28mm F/3.5 LSM (2392 units)M6 - 43.5 ft.⌀34.5 1952 ●
Ricoh GR 28mm F/2.8 LSM (3000 units) • Pancake lensM7 - 40.70m⌀40.5 1998 ●
Sankyo Kohki W-Komura 28mm F/3.5 LSMM6 - 41.00m⌀43 ●
Orion-15 28mm F/6 LSM
akaОРИОН-15 28mm F/6		M4 - 41.00m⌀40.5 1960 ●
FED-35 28mm F/4.5 LSM
akaФЭД 28mm F/4.5		M6 - 41.00mA36 ●
TTArtisan 28mm F/5.6 LSM • Pancake lensM7 - 41.00m⌀37 2023 ●
Avenon 28mm F/3.5 [MC] LSM • Pancake lens
akaKobalux Wide 28mm F/3.5 LSM
akaPasoptik 28mm F/3.5 LSM		M6 - 41.00m⌀43 1981 ●
M-Series 28mm F/3.5 LSMM6 - 40.75m⌀43 ●
Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 28mm F/8 LSMM4 - 31.00m ●

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