Canon 35mm F/2.8 [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 35mm f:2.8
  • · Canon Camera Co., Inc. CANON LENS 35mm 1:2.8
  • Class:
  • · Fast full-frame wide-angle prime lens
  • System:
  • · Canon S (LSM) (1949)

Abbreviations

II Second generation.

Model history (2)

■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 ●

Specification

Optical design:
35mm full frame
35mm
F/2.8
6 elements in 4 groups
Leica screw mount
63.4° (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:
125g
⌀48×30.2mm
Accessories:
Screw-type 40mm
Not required

Sources of data

  • Canon lenses booklet (September 1958).
  • All-new Canon 7 instruction booklet.
  • Canon VI-T, VI-L instruction booklet.
  • Canon systems equipment price list by Bell & Howell (March 1969).
  • Bell & Howell / Canon. World famous 35mm photographic products booklet (March 1962).
  • Canon P Populaire booklet (PUB. C-9503) (January 1959).
  • How to use Canon Populaire booklet (PUB. 5004A).

Manufacturer description

Designed on Canon's own formula. Excellent for color and black-and-white negatives.

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/3.5 [II] LSM • Pancake lensM6 - 41.00m⌀40 1957 ●
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 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 (31)
Chiyoko Rokkor 35mm F/3.5 [C] LSMM4 - 31.00m⌀34 1956 ●
Cosina Voigtlander Color-Skopar 35mm F/2.5 P MC LSM • Pancake lensM7 - 50.90m⌀39 2000 ●
Cosina Voigtlander Color-Skopar 35mm F/2.5 MC LSMM7 - 50.70m⌀39 2000 ●
Cosina Voigtlander Ultron 35mm F/1.7 Aspherical LSMM8 - 60.90m⌀39 1999 ●
Cosina Voigtlander Heliar 40mm F/2.8 Aspherical LSM • Pancake lensM5 - 30.70m⌀34 2022 ●
Fuji Photo Film Fujinon 35mm F/2 LSMM7 - 53.5 ft. 1954 ●
Konica Hexanon 35mm F/2 LSM (1000 units)M7 - 60.90m⌀46 1996 ●
Konica UC-Hexanon 35mm F/2 LSM (1000 units) • Pancake lensM7 - 60.90m⌀43 2001 ●
Kowa Prominar 35mm F/2.8 LSMM6 - 43.5 ft.⌀34 1957 ●
Leitz Wetzlar Summaron 35mm F/3.5 [SOONC / 11005] (up to s/n 1,423,140)M6 - 41.00mA36 1950 ●
Leitz Elmar 35mm F/3.5 [EKURZ, EKURZKUP, EKURZCHROM]M4 - 31.00mA36 1930 ●
Leitz Wetzlar Summaron 35mm F/2.8 [SIMOO / 11006]M6 - 41.00mE39 1958 ●
Leitz Wetzlar / Leitz Canada Summicron 35mm F/2 [I] [SAWOO / 11008]M8 - 61.00mE39 1958 ●
Leitz Wetzlar Summaron 35mm F/3.5 [SOONC] (from s/n 1,423,141)M6 - 41.00mE39 1956 ●
Light Lens Lab 35mm F/2 LSM • CollapsibleM8 - 60.50m-- 2023 ●
Light Lens Lab 35mm F/2M8 - 60.70m⌀39 2021 ●
Nippon Kogaku W-Nikkor·C 35mm F/3.5 LSMM4 - 33.5 ft.⌀34.5 1949 ●
Nippon Kogaku W-Nikkor[·C] 35mm F/2.5 LSMM6 - 43.5 ft.⌀34.5 1952 ●
Nippon Kogaku W-Nikkor[·C] 35mm F/1.8 LSM (1471 units)M7 - 53.5 ft.⌀43 1956 ●
Olympus Zuiko C. 40mm F/2.8 LSMM5 - 43.5 ft. 1950 ●
Rollei HFT Sonnar 40mm F/2.8 LSM (430 units)M5 - 40.70m⌀39 2002 ●
Sankyo Kohki W-Komura 35mm F/2.8 LSMM6 - 41.00m⌀43 ●
Sankyo Kohki W-Komura 36mm F/1.8 LSMM7 - 51.00m⌀58 ●
Sankyo Kohki W-Komura 35mm F/3.5 LSMM5 - 41.00m⌀34 ●
Mir-1 37mm F/2.8 LSM
akaМИР-1 37mm F/2.8		P6 - 50.70m⌀49 ●
Jupiter-12 35mm F/2.8 LSM
akaЮПИТЕР-12 35mm F/2.8		M6 - 41.00m⌀40.5 1950 ●
Steinheil Munchen Orthostigmat 35mm F/4.5 VL LSMM6 - 21.00m ●
Tanaka Kogaku W Tanar 35mm F/3.5 LSMM5 - 23.5 ft. 1955 ●
Tanaka Kogaku W Tanar 35mm F/2.8 LSMM6 - 43.5 ft. 1956 ●
Tokyo Kogaku Topcor 35mm F/2.8 LSMM6 - 43.5 ft.⌀40.5 1955 ●
Carl Zeiss Jena Biogon 35mm F/2.8 T LSMM6 - 41.00m ●

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