Minolta MC W.Rokkor-HG 35mm F/2.8
Wide-angle prime lens • Film era • Discontinued
- Announced:
- · April 1966
- Production status:
- ● Discontinued
- Country of design:
- · Japan
- Original name:
- · MINOLTA MC W.ROKKOR-HG 1:2.8 f=35mm
- Class:
- · Fast full-frame wide-angle prime lens
- System:
- · Minolta SR (1958)
Abbreviations
| MC | The lens is coupled to the camera's TTL exposure meter for full-aperture measurement. |
Model history (9)
| ■Minolta Auto W.Rokkor-HG 35mm F/2.8 | A | 7 - 6 | 0.25m | ⌀55 | 1959 ● | |
| ■Minolta Auto W.Rokkor-HG 35mm F/2.8 | A | 7 - 6 | 0.40m | ⌀55 | 1962 ● | |
| ■Minolta Auto W.Rokkor-HG 35mm F/2.8 Compact | A | 7 - 6 | 0.40m | ⌀52 | 1965 ● | |
| ■Minolta MC W.Rokkor-HG 35mm F/2.8 | A | 7 - 6 | 0.40m | ⌀52 | 1966 ● | |
| ■Minolta MC W.Rokkor[-HG] 35mm F/2.8 Gen. X | A | 7 - 6 | 0.40m | ⌀55 | 1973 ● | |
| —Minolta MC Celtic 35mm F/2.8 | 1974 ● | |||||
| ■Minolta MC W.Rokkor 35mm F/2.8 Gen. X | A | 5 - 5 | 0.30m | ⌀55 | 1975 ● | |
| —Minolta MC Celtic 35mm F/2.8 | 1975 ● | |||||
| ■Minolta MD W.Rokkor 35mm F/2.8 | A | 5 - 5 | 0.30m | ⌀55 | 1977 ● | |
| —Minolta MD Celtic 35mm F/2.8 | 1977 ● | |||||
| ■Minolta MD W.Rokkor 35mm F/2.8 | A | 5 - 5 | 0.30m | ⌀49 | 1978 ● | |
| —Minolta MD Celtic 35mm F/2.8 | 1978 ● | |||||
| ■Minolta MD 35mm F/2.8 | A | 5 - 5 | 0.30m | ⌀49 | 1981 ● | |
Specification
| Optical design: | |
| 35mm full frame | |
| 35mm | |
| F/2.8 | |
| 7 elements in 6 groups | |
| Minolta SR [43.5mm] | |
| 63.4° (35mm full frame) | |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Automatic |
Aperture control: | Aperture ring (Manual settings only) |
| 6 (six) | |
| Focusing: | |
| 0.40m | |
| <No data> | |
Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing ring |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| 210g | |
| ⌀63×45mm | |
| Accessories: | |
| Screw-type 52mm | |
| Screw-type | |
| Minolta MD 2X Tele Converter 300-S → 70mm F/5.6 |
Sources of data
- Rokkor interchangeable lenses booklet.
- Minolta SRT 101 owner's manual.
Manufacturer description
The 35mm f/2.8 and the 35mm f/4 lenses are retrofocus in design and are optically corrected for minimum error. Correction for spherical aberration yields images that are sharp from corner to corner, permitting full frame enlargements. Many photographers have made the 35mm focal length their standard lens for candids, news photography and photo journalism because of its great depth-of-field.
Other wide-angle prime lenses in the Minolta SR system
Lenses with similar focal length
| ■Minolta SR mount (12) | |||||||||
| Chinon 35mm F/2.8 Multi Coated akaAuto-Alpa 35mm F/2.8 Multi-Coated | A | 6 - 6 | 0.30m | ⌀52 | ● | ||||
| Cosina Voigtlander Ultron 40mm F/2 Aspherical SL | A | 6 - 5 | 0.40m | ⌀52 | 2002 ● | ||||
| Hanimex Wide-Auto 35mm F/2.8 | A | 6 - ? | 0.60m | ⌀49 | ● | ||||
| Panagor Auto Wide-Angle 35mm F/2 | A | 8 - 6 | 0.30m | ⌀58 | ● | ||||
| Sankyo Kohki W-Komura 35mm F/2.5 | P | 7 - 5 | 0.60m | ⌀55 | ● | ||||
| Soligor C/D 35mm F/2 P (s/n 1xxxxxxx) | A | 8 - 7 | 0.30m | ⌀58 | 1974 ● | ||||
| Soligor C/D 35mm F/2.8 | A | 6 - 5 | 0.35m | ⌀49 | ● | ||||
| Tokina 35mm F/2.8 RMC akaTokina SL 35mm F/2.8 | A | 6 - 5 | 0.35m | ⌀52 | ● | ||||
| Vivitar Auto Wide-Angle 35mm F/2.8 [I] (s/n 22xxxxxx) | A | 6 - 5 | 0.45m | ⌀52 | 1969 ● | ||||
| Vivitar Auto Wide-Angle 35mm F/1.9 (s/n 28xxxxxx) | A | 8 - 6 | 0.30m | ⌀55 | 1973 ● | ||||
| Vivitar Auto Wide Angle 35mm F/2.8 "Bright Band" (s/n 22xxxxxx) | A | 6 - 5 | 0.30m | ⌀52 | 1968 ● | ||||
| Vivitar Auto Wide-Angle 35mm F/2.8 [II] (s/n 37xxxxxx) | A | 6 - 5 | 0.40m | ⌀52 | ● | ||||
| ■Interchangeable mount (18) | |||||||||
| Hanimex Wide Angle 35mm F/2.8 [T] | P | 6 - ? | 0.60m | ⌀49 | ● | ||||
| Hanimex Wide 35mm F/3.5 [T] | P | 6 - ? | 0.60m | ⌀52 | ● | ||||
| Kenko 35mm F/4 Soft MC [T] | M | 5 - 5 | 0.30m | ⌀52 | 1996 ● | ||||
| Sankyo Kohki W-Komura 35mm F/2.5 [Unidapter] | P | 7 - 5 | 0.60m | ⌀55 | ● | ||||
| Sankyo Kohki W-Komura 35mm F/2.5 [Unidapter Auto] | A | 7 - ? | 0.50m | ⌀55 | ● | ||||
| Komuranon 35mm F/2.5 K·M·C | A | 7 - 5 | 0.50m | ⌀58 | 1974 ● | ||||
| Sigma[-XQ] MF 35mm F/2.8 Multi-Coated [Flash Auto] [YS] | A | 6 - 5 | 0.50m | ⌀52 | 1975 ● | ||||
| Soligor Wide-Auto 35mm F/2.8 (s/n 1xxxxxxx) [T-4] | A | 6 - 5 | 0.40m | ⌀49 | ● | ||||
| Soligor 35mm F/3.5 [T] | P | 6 - 5 | 3 ft. | ⌀46 | ● | ||||
| Soligor 35mm F/2.8 [T] | P | 6 - 5 | 0.50m | ⌀49 | ● | ||||
| Mir-1A 37mm F/2.8 [T] | P | 6 - 5 | 0.24m | ⌀52 | 1972 ● | ||||
| Tamron Auto 35mm F/2.8 [Adapt-A-Matic] | A | 6 - 5 | 0.30m | ⌀55 | 1969 ● | ||||
| Tamron 35mm F/2.8 [T] akaSoligor 35mm F/2.8 | P | 6 - 5 | 0.90m | 1961 ● | |||||
| Vivitar Wide Angle 35mm F/3.5 [T] | P | 5 - 5 | 0.90m | ⌀46 | ● | ||||
| Vivitar Wide-Angle 35mm F/2.8 [T] | P | 6 - 5 | 0.90m | ⌀52 | ● | ||||
| Vivitar Auto Wide-Angle 35mm F/2.8 (s/n 37xxxxxxx) [T-4] | A | 6 - 5 | 0.45m | ⌀49 | 1968 ● | ||||
| Vivitar Auto Wide-Angle 35mm F/2.5 (s/n 37xxxxxx) [TX] | A | 7 - 7 | 0.28m | ⌀58 | 1976 ● | ||||
| Hanimar 35mm F/3.5 [T] | P | 6 - ? | 0.90m | ⌀52 | ● | ||||