Cosina AF 100mm F/3.5 MC Macro

akaPhoenix AF 100mm F/3.5 Macro

akaPromaster Spectrum 7 AF 100mm F/3.5 MC Macro

akaSoligor AF 100mm F/3.5 MC Macro

akaTokina AF 100mm F/3.5 Macro

akaVivitar AF 100mm F/3.5 MC Macro

akaVoigtlander Macro-Dynar AF 100mm F/3.5 VMC

Macro lens • Film era • Discontinued

Cosina AF 100mm F/3.5 MC Macro

Cosina AF 100mm F/3.5 MC Macro:

Tokina AF 100mm F/3.5 Macro:

Voigtlander Macro-DYNAR AF 100mm F/3.5 VMC:

  • Announced:
  • · No data
  • Production status:
  • ● Discontinued
  • Country of design:
  • · Japan
  • Original name:
  • · COSINA 100MM 1:3.5 MC MACRO
  • Class:
  • · Slow full-frame macro lens
  • · Professional model

Abbreviations

MC Multi-layer anti-reflection coating is applied to the surfaces of lens elements. This anti-reflection coating increases light transmission, eliminates flare and ghosting, and maintains color consistence among all lens models.
MACRO Macro lens. Designed specially for shooting close-ups of small subjects but can be also used in other genres of photography, not necessarily requiring focusing at close distances. Learn more

Sample photos (6)

PENTAX K-x @ ISO 400, 1/60 sec. 100mm F/7.1. Bob Bielecki, http://www.flickr.com/people/bobbielecki/
F/7.1
PENTAX K-x @ ISO 400, 1/60 sec. 100mm F/7.1. Bob Bielecki, http://www.flickr.com/people/bobbielecki/
F/7.1
PENTAX K-x @ ISO 320, 1/25 sec. 100mm F/5.6. Bob Bielecki, http://www.flickr.com/people/bobbielecki/
F/5.6
Canon EOS 20D @ ISO 100, 1/200 sec. 100mm F/4.5. bby_, http://www.flickr.com/people/bby/
F/4.5
Canon EOS 20D @ ISO 100, 1/800 sec. 100mm F/4. bby_, http://www.flickr.com/people/bby/
F/4
PENTAX K-5 @ ISO 100, 1/200 sec. 100mm F/6.3. Manila Vanila
F/6.3

Model history (3)

■Cosina 100mm F/3.5 MC Macro • 1:2
akaPhoenix 100mm F/3.5 Macro
akaPromaster Spectrum 7 100mm F/3.5 MC Macro
akaSoligor 100mm F/3.5 MC Macro
akaVivitar 100mm F/3.5 MC Macro		A5 - 40.43m⌀49 ●
■Cosina AF 100mm F/3.5 MC Macro • 1:2
akaPhoenix AF 100mm F/3.5 Macro
akaPromaster Spectrum 7 AF 100mm F/3.5 MC Macro
akaSoligor AF 100mm F/3.5 MC Macro
akaTokina AF 100mm F/3.5 Macro
akaVivitar AF 100mm F/3.5 MC Macro
akaVoigtlander Macro-Dynar AF 100mm F/3.5 VMC		A5 - 40.43m⌀49 ●
■Cosina AF 100mm F/3.5 MC Macro Digital • 1:2A5 - 40.43m⌀49 ●

Specification

Optical design:
35mm full frame
100mm
F/3.5
5 elements in 4 groups
Canon EF [44mm]
Minolta/Sony A [44.5mm]
Nikon F [46.5mm]
Pentax K [45.5mm]
24.4° (35mm full frame)
On Canon EOS APS-C [1.59x] cameras:
35mm equivalent focal length:
159mm (in terms of field of view)
35mm equivalent speed:
F/5.6 (in terms of depth of field)
Diagonal angle of view:
15.5°
On Sony DSLR-A/SLT-A APS-C [1.53x] cameras:
35mm equivalent focal length:
153mm (in terms of field of view)
35mm equivalent speed:
F/5.4 (in terms of depth of field)
Diagonal angle of view:
16.1°
On Nikon D APS-C [1.53x] cameras:
35mm equivalent focal length:
153mm (in terms of field of view)
35mm equivalent speed:
F/5.4 (in terms of depth of field)
Diagonal angle of view:
16.1°
On Pentax K APS-C [1.53x] cameras:
35mm equivalent focal length:
153mm (in terms of field of view)
35mm equivalent speed:
F/5.4 (in terms of depth of field)
Diagonal angle of view:
16.1°
Diaphragm mechanism:
Diaphragm type:
Automatic
Aperture control:
None; the aperture is controlled from the camera (Canon EF, Minolta/Sony A)
Aperture ring (Manual settings + Auto Exposure setting) (Nikon F, Pentax K)
8 (eight)
Focusing:
0.43m
0.263m
1:2
Focusing modes:
Autofocus (AF), Manual focus (M)
Autofocus motor:
Micromotor (Canon EF)
In-camera motor (Nikon F, Minolta/Sony A, Pentax K)
Manual focus control:
Focusing ring
Focus mode selector:
AF - M (Canon EF)
None; focusing mode is set from the camera (Nikon F, Minolta/Sony A, Pentax K)
Manual focus override in autofocus mode:
-
Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS):
-
Physical characteristics:
205g (mount not specified)
⌀68×75mm (mount not specified)
Accessories:
Screw-type 49mm
Not required
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Source of data

  • Manufacturer's technical data.

Manufacturer description #1

With an aperture range of f/3.5-22, a macro ratio of 1:2, this lens is designed for high detail macro photography. It’s also flexible enough to be good for portrait photography and is available in all popular SLR camera mounts. Superior optical performance is ensured with 5 elements in 4 groups, and with multi-coated optics to reduce flare and increase light transmission. Filter size is 49mm.

Manufacturer description #2

Macro focusing as close as 1:1 (with supplied adapter). Compact and lightweight, measuring only 2.8 inches and weighing 9.98 ounces. Superior optical performance with 5 elements in 4 groups. Multi-coated optics to reduce flare and increase light transmission.

Manufacturer description #3

Whether you are an oral surgeon or just love to take close-ups of flowers, this lens features 1:2 macro without the included adapter and 1:1 with the adapter. It focuses down to an incredible 2.6" from the front of the lens.

From the Popular Photography magazine (July 1996)

The manual and AF 100mm f/3.5 Macro Vivitars have slightly different rubberized focusing rings, but it becomes immediately obvious upon examining them that optically the lenses are the same - and are they ever small and light! Each is 65.5 mm long and weighs but 270 g. Next to them my 105mm f/2.5 Vivitar Series 1 Macro (like most 100/105mm macros) is monstrous. It is 100 mm long and weighs 650 g.

But hold on. That's not the whole story. The Series 1 is a grand old all-metal design focusing to 1:1 continuously. The 100mm f/3.5 Vivitar Macro is plastic-barreled and focuses only to 1:2. However, the lens comes with a two-element 49mm-thread achromatic closeup lens allowing focus from 1:2 to 1:1. The 100mm f/3.5 is a mud fence compared to the classy cosmetics of the Series 1, but you can't tell a lens by its covering these days and it's a heck of a lot easier to lug around than the Series 1.

There are some other facts you should know about the Vivitar 100mm f/3.5 Macro. Closeup lenses shorten the total focal length of closeup lens plus prime lens. Ergo the 100mm f/3.5 Vivitar closeup lens combination isn't a 100mm lens when you thread the 1:1 adapter in place. The total focal length becomes 75mm! Is that so bad? In terms of apparent perspective, I could see little difference between 100mm and 75mm. But how about working distance, which also becomes less? With my Series 1, the working distance from front of lens to subject at 1:1 was 140 mm while the working distance of the 100mm f/3.5 Vivitar with close-up lens was only 8 mm less, not a big loss. (Why not more of a distance loss? Because the Series 1, like many other 100mm macros, has a vast helical extension at 1:1 causing the lens to increase considerably in length, far more than the 100mm f/3.5 Vivitar Macro.)

The five-element 100mm f/3.5 Vivitar Macro focuses smoothly and performs well. While its mud-fence cosmetics and lighter construction won't give you the pride of ownership and invulnerability that a 105mm Series 1 or other expensive macro lens can, the price, size, weight, and performance are remarkable.

FYI, the six-element 105mm f/2.5 Series 1 accepts 52mm-thread filters and is available only in manual mount for Canon FD, Minolta MD, Nikon F, Pentax, and Ricoh. The five-element 100mm f/3.5 Vivitar Macro uses 49mm filters and can be had in autofocus mount for Canon, Nikon, and Minolta, and manual-focus mount for Olympus, Pentax, Ricoh, and Yashica/Contax.

From the editor

The following lenses share the same optical design developed by Cosina:

  • COSINA 100MM 1:3.5 MC MACRO
  • PHOENIX 100mm 1:3.5 MACRO AF
  • PROMASTER SPECTRUM 7 100MM 1:3.5 MC MACRO
  • MC SOLIGOR AF MACRO 100MM 1:3.5
  • Tokina AF 100mm 1:3.5
  • Vivitar 100mm 1:3.5 MC AUTO FOCUS MACRO
  • VOIGTLÄNDER MACRO-DYNAR 100MM 1:3.5 VMC

We listed only the most common lenses with this optical design, but there may be others. Most (if not all) of these were most likely produced by Cosina as an ODM (Original Design Manufacturer).

Optically the lens was so good that Pentax licensed the optical design from Cosina and released their own version for Pentax 35mm SLR cameras called smc Pentax-FA 100mm F/3.5 Macro.

The whole optical system of the lens moves considerably with focusing from infinity to the closest distance. The front element is deeply recessed inside the lens barrel which eliminates the need for a lens hood.

The lens offers magnification ratio of 1:2 at the closest focusing distance. The magnification ratio of 1:1 can be achieved by the means of the “MATCHED MACRO ADAPTOR (1:1)” which once was a part of the package. Focusing at infinity with “MATCHED MACRO ADAPTOR (1:1)” is not possible though.

Notes

  • The autofocus will not be available with Nikon D40, D40X, D60, D3000-D3500, D5000-D5600 digital SLR cameras.

Lenses with similar focal length

■Canon EF mount (16)
Canon EF 100mm F/2.8 Macro USM • ⌀58 • 1:1 @ 0.31mPro 2000 ●compare44
Canon EF 100mm F/2.8L Macro IS USM • ⌀67 • 1:1 @ 0.30mPro 2009 ●compare64
Canon EF 100mm F/2.8 Macro • ⌀52 • 1:1 @ 0.31mPro 1990 ●compare13
Cosina AF 100mm F/3.5 MC Macro Digital • ⌀49 • 1:2 @ 0.43mPro ●compare10
Sigma 105mm F/2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro • ⌀62 • 1:1 @ 0.312mPro 2011 ●compare74
Sigma 105mm F/2.8 EX DG Macro • ⌀58 • 1:1 @ 0.313mPro 2004 ●compare24
Sigma 90mm F/2.8 Macro ZEN • ⌀52 • 1:2 @ 0.32m
akaQuantaray Tech-10 AF 90mm F/2.8 Macro		Pro 1988 ●compare22
Sigma 105mm F/2.8 EX Macro • ⌀58 • 1:1 @ 0.313mPro 1998 ●compare14
Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.8 Di Macro 272E • ⌀55 • 1:1 @ 0.29mPro 2004 ●compare23
Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.8 Macro 172E • ⌀55 • 1:1 @ 0.29mPro 2000 ●compare13
Tamron SP 90mm F/2.8 Di [VC] USD Macro F004 • ⌀58 • 1:1 @ 0.30mPro 2012 ●compare54
Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.8 Macro 72E • ⌀55 • 1:1 @ 0.29mPro 1996 ●compare13
Tamron SP 90mm F/2.8 Di [VC] USD Macro F017 • ⌀62 • 1:1 @ 0.30mPro 2016 ●compare74
Tokina AT-X Pro AF 100mm F/2.8 Macro D • ⌀55 • 1:1 @ 0.30mPro 2005 ●compare23
Tokina AT-X AF 100mm F/2.8 [IF] Macro • ⌀55 • 1:2 @ 0.35mPro 1992 ●compare12
Tokina atx-i 100mm F/2.8 Macro FF • ⌀55 • 1:1 @ 0.30mPro 2019 ●compare33
■Nikon F mount (18)
Cosina AF 100mm F/3.5 MC Macro Digital • ⌀49 • 1:2 @ 0.43mPro ●compare10
Nikon AF-S Micro-Nikkor 105mm F/2.8G IF-ED VR • ⌀62 • 1:1 @ 0.314mPro 2006 ●compare64
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 105mm F/2.8D • ⌀52 • 1:1 @ 0.314mPro 1993 ●compare23
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 105mm F/2.8 • ⌀52 • 1:1 @ 0.314mPro 1990 ●compare23
Sigma 105mm F/2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro • ⌀62 • 1:1 @ 0.312mPro 2011 ●compare74
Sigma 105mm F/2.8 EX DG Macro • ⌀58 • 1:1 @ 0.313mPro 2004 ●compare24
Sigma 90mm F/2.8 Macro ZEN • ⌀52 • 1:2 @ 0.32m
akaQuantaray Tech-10 AF 90mm F/2.8 Macro		Pro 1988 ●compare22
Sigma 105mm F/2.8 EX Macro • ⌀58 • 1:1 @ 0.313mPro 1998 ●compare14
Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.8 Di Macro 272E • ⌀55 • 1:1 @ 0.29mPro 2004 ●compare23
Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.8 Macro 172E • ⌀55 • 1:1 @ 0.29mPro 2000 ●compare13
Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.5 Macro 52E • ⌀52 • 1:2 @ 0.39mPro 1990 ●compare31
Tamron SP 90mm F/2.8 Di [VC] USD Macro F004 • ⌀58 • 1:1 @ 0.30mPro 2012 ●compare54
Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.5 Macro 152E • ⌀52 • 1:2 @ 0.39mPro 1994 ●compare31
Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.8 Macro 72E • ⌀55 • 1:1 @ 0.29mPro 1996 ●compare13
Tamron SP 90mm F/2.8 Di [VC] USD Macro F017 • ⌀62 • 1:1 @ 0.30mPro 2016 ●compare74
Tokina AT-X Pro AF 100mm F/2.8 Macro D • ⌀55 • 1:1 @ 0.30mPro 2005 ●compare23
Tokina AT-X AF 100mm F/2.8 [IF] Macro • ⌀55 • 1:2 @ 0.35mPro 1992 ●compare12
Tokina atx-i 100mm F/2.8 Macro FF • ⌀55 • 1:1 @ 0.30mPro 2019 ●compare33
■Minolta/Sony A mount (16)
Minolta AF 100mm F/2.8 Macro D • ⌀55 • 1:1 @ 0.35mPro 2000 ●compare32
Minolta AF 100mm F/2.8 Macro RS • ⌀55 • 1:1 @ 0.35mPro 1993 ●compare22
Minolta AF 100mm F/2.8 Macro • ⌀55 • 1:1 @ 0.35mPro 1986 ●compare22
Sigma 105mm F/2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro • ⌀62 • 1:1 @ 0.312mPro 2011 ●compare64
Sigma 105mm F/2.8 EX DG Macro • ⌀58 • 1:1 @ 0.313mPro 2004 ●compare24
Sigma 90mm F/2.8 Macro ZEN • ⌀52 • 1:2 @ 0.32m
akaQuantaray Tech-10 AF 90mm F/2.8 Macro		Pro 1988 ●compare22
Sigma 105mm F/2.8 EX Macro • ⌀58 • 1:1 @ 0.313mPro 1998 ●compare14
Sony 100mm F/2.8 Macro [SAL100M28] • ⌀55 • 1:1 @ 0.35mPro 2006 ●compare42
Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.8 Di Macro 272E • ⌀55 • 1:1 @ 0.29mPro 2004 ●compare23
Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.8 Macro 172E • ⌀55 • 1:1 @ 0.29mPro 2000 ●compare13
Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.5 Macro 52E • ⌀52 • 1:2 @ 0.39mPro 1990 ●compare31
Tamron SP 90mm F/2.8 Di [VC] USD Macro F004 • ⌀58 • 1:1 @ 0.30mPro 2012 ●compare54
Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.5 Macro 152E • ⌀52 • 1:2 @ 0.39mPro 1994 ●compare31
Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.8 Macro 72E • ⌀55 • 1:1 @ 0.29mPro 1996 ●compare13
Tamron SP 90mm F/2.8 Di [VC] USD Macro F017 • ⌀62 • 1:1 @ 0.30mPro 2016 ●compare74
Tokina AT-X AF 100mm F/2.8 [IF] Macro • ⌀55 • 1:2 @ 0.35mPro 1992 ●compare12
■Pentax K mount (14)
smc Pentax-D FA 100mm F/2.8 Macro WR • ⌀49 • 1:1 @ 0.303mPro 2009 ●compare52
smc Pentax-D FA 100mm F/2.8 Macro • ⌀49 • 1:1 @ 0.303m
akaSchneider-Kreuznach D-Xenon 100mm F/2.8 Macro		Pro 2004 ●compare32
smc Pentax-FA 100mm F/2.8 Macro • ⌀58 • 1:1 @ 0.306mPro 1991 ●compare24
smc Pentax-FA 100mm F/3.5 Macro • ⌀49 • 1:2 @ 0.43mPro 1998 ●compare00
smc Pentax-F 100mm F/2.8 Macro • ⌀58 • 1:1 @ 0.306mPro 1987 ●compare24
HD Pentax-D FA 100mm F/2.8 ED AW Macro • ⌀49 • 1:1 @ 0.303mPro 2022 ●compare62
Sigma 105mm F/2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro • ⌀62 • 1:1 @ 0.312mPro 2011 ●compare64
Sigma 105mm F/2.8 EX DG Macro • ⌀58 • 1:1 @ 0.313mPro 2004 ●compare24
Sigma 105mm F/2.8 EX Macro • ⌀58 • 1:1 @ 0.313mPro 1998 ●compare14
Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.8 Di Macro 272E • ⌀55 • 1:1 @ 0.29mPro 2004 ●compare23
Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.8 Macro 172E • ⌀55 • 1:1 @ 0.29mPro 2000 ●compare13
Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.5 Macro 52E • ⌀52 • 1:2 @ 0.39mPro 1990 ●compare31
Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.8 Macro 72E • ⌀55 • 1:1 @ 0.29mPro 1996 ●compare13
Tokina AT-X AF 100mm F/2.8 [IF] Macro • ⌀55 • 1:2 @ 0.35mPro 1992 ●compare12

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