Minolta MD W.Rokkor 35mm F/2.8
Wide-angle prime lens • Film era • Discontinued
- Announced:
- · May 1977
- Production status:
- ● Discontinued
- Country of design:
- · Japan
- Original name:
- · MINOLTA MD W.ROKKOR 1:2.8 f=35mm
- Class:
- · Fast full-frame wide-angle prime lens
- System:
- · Minolta SR (1958)
Abbreviations
| MD | The lens is coupled to the camera's TTL exposure meter for full-aperture measurement. In addition to aperture-priority auto exposure mode, the lens also supports shutter-priority auto exposure mode. |
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 | |
| 5 elements in 5 groups | |
| Minolta SR [43.5mm] | |
| 63.4° (35mm full frame) | |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Automatic |
Aperture control: | Aperture ring (Manual settings + Auto Exposure setting) |
| 6 (six) | |
| Focusing: | |
| 0.30m | |
| <No data> | |
Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing ring |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| 200g | |
| ⌀64.5×41.5mm | |
| Accessories: | |
| Screw-type 55mm | |
| <No data> | |
| Minolta MD 2X Tele Converter 300-S → 70mm F/5.6 |
Source of data
- A guide to the Minolta SLR system of creative photography 803E-M1.
Manufacturer description
Immensely versatile, lightweight and requiring a minimum of focusing, the 35mm Rokkor-Xs are often the choice of working photographers as the "normal" lens. They have many interesting applications for the serious amateur photographer as well. Even at maximum aperture, the f/2.8 provides extreme depth-of-field and remarkable consistency in corner-to-corner sharpness. For indoor, available-light photography, the fast f/1.8 Rokkor-X has no peer. The 35mm f/1.8 Rokkor-X has all of the features of the f/2.8 lens, but it is over one stop faster. Both lenses are recommended for candid and news photography. They give moderately wide to "normal" perspective while including considerably more of the scene with more inherent depth of the 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 | ● | ||||