Canon FL 35mm F/2.5
Wide-angle prime lens • Film era • Discontinued
- Announced:
- · March 1964
- Production status:
- ● Discontinued
- Country of design:
- · Japan
- Original name:
- · CANON LENS FL 35mm 1:2.5
- Class:
- · Fast full-frame wide-angle prime lens
- System:
- · Canon FL (1964)
Abbreviations
| FL | The lens is designed for Canon 35mm film SLR cameras with the Canon FL mount. |
Model history (2)
| ■Canon Super-Canomatic R 35mm F/2.5 | A | 7 - 5 | 0.40m | ⌀58 | 1960 ● | |
| ■Canon FL 35mm F/2.5 | A | 7 - 5 | 0.40m | ⌀58 | 1964 ● | |
Specification
| Optical design: | |
| 35mm full frame | |
| 35mm | |
| F/2.5 | |
| 7 elements in 5 groups | |
| Canon FL [42mm] | |
| 63.4° (35mm full frame) | |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Automatic |
Aperture control: | Preset ring + Aperture ring |
| 6 (six) | |
| Focusing: | |
| 0.40m | |
| 1:8.7 | |
Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing ring |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| 352g | |
| ⌀63×55mm | |
| Accessories: | |
| Screw-type 58mm | |
| W-60A - Clamp-on round | |
| Not available |
Sources of data
- Canon interchangeable lenses FL instructions.
- Bell & Howell / Canon FX booklet.
- Broaden your photographic range with Canon SLR camera system booklet (PUB. 5276H) (April 1969).
- 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).
- The Canon system of photography booklet (PUB. 5313B) (August 1968).
- Canon Products Guide (PUB. C5077d) (January 1973).
- Select Canon interchangeable lenses for your camera booklet (PUB. 5262) (November 1965).
Other wide-angle prime lenses in the Canon FL system
| ■Canon FL mount (3) | |||||||||
| Canon FL 28mm F/3.5 | A | 7 - 7 | 0.40m | ⌀58 | 1966 ● | ||||
| Canon FL 35mm F/3.5 | A | 6 - 6 | 0.40m | ⌀48 | 1968 ● | ||||
| Canon FLP 38mm F/2.8 • Pancake lens | A | 4 - 3 | 0.80m | ⌀48 | 1965 ● | ||||
Lenses with similar focal length
| ■Canon FL mount (3) | |||||||||
| Panagor Auto Wide-Angle 35mm F/2 | A | 8 - 6 | 0.30m | ⌀58 | ● | ||||
| Vivitar Auto 35mm F/2.8 "Chrome Nose" | A | 6 - 5 | 0.30m | ⌀52 | 1967 ● | ||||
| Vivitar Auto Wide Angle 35mm F/2.8 "Bright Band" (s/n 22xxxxxx) | A | 6 - 5 | 0.30m | ⌀52 | 1968 ● | ||||