Nicca-L·C 50mm F/3.5 LSM
Standard prime lens • Film era • Discontinued • Collectible
- Announced:
- · 1949
- Production type:
- · Small-batch production
- Availability:
- ● Sold out
- Country of design:
- · Japan
- Original name:
- · Nicca-Camera Tokyo Nicca-L·C 1:3.5 f=5cm
- Class:
- · Slow full-frame standard prime lens
- System:
- · Nicca/Yashica (1942)
Specification
| Optical design: | |
| 35mm full frame | |
| 50mm | |
| F/3.5 | |
| 4 elements in 3 groups (Cooke triplet derivative) | |
| Leica screw mount | |
| 46.8° (35mm full frame) | |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Manual |
Aperture control: | Aperture ring |
| 12 (twelve) | |
| Focusing: | |
Coupled to the rangefinder: | Yes |
| 3.5 ft. (~1.05m) | |
Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing lever |
| Physical characteristics: | |
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| Accessories: | |
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Source of data
- Own research.
From the editor
A rare standard lens, produced in very small quantities (100 units or so) from around 1949 to 1951, most likely supplied with the Nicca 3. Optically, the lens is of the Elmar type.
Other standard prime lenses in the Nicca/Yashica system
| ■Leica screw mount (6) | |||||||||
| Nicca 50mm F/2.8 Type 2 LSM | M | 4 - 3 | 3.5 ft. | ⌀40.5 | 1958 ● | ||||
| Nicca 50mm F/2.8 Type 1 LSM | M | 4 - 3 | 3.5 ft. | ⌀34.5 | 1958 ● | ||||
| Yashica Yashikor 50mm F/2.8 [II] LSM | M | 5 - 4 | 0.90m | ⌀40.5 | 1959 ● | ||||
| Yashica Yashikor 50mm F/2.8 [I] LSM | M | 4 - 3 | 3.5 ft. | ⌀40.5 | 1959 ● | ||||
| K.O.L. Xebec 50mm F/2 LSM • Collapsible akaSun Xebec 50mm F/2 LSM | M | 6 - 4 | 1.00m | 1942 ● | |||||
| Yashica [Super-]Yashinon 50mm F/1.8 LSM | M | 6 - 5 | 3.5 ft. | ⌀43 | 1959 ● | ||||
Lenses with similar focal length
| ■Leica screw mount (27) | |||||||||
| Serenar / Canon 50mm F/3.5 [II] LSM • Collapsible | M | 4 - 3 | 1.00m | S.VI | 1952 ● | ||||
| Cosina Voigtlander Heliar 50mm F/3.5 LSM "Heliar 101 Years Limited Edition" (2000 units) • Collapsible | M | 5 - 3 | 1.00m | ⌀27 | 2001 ● | ||||
| Cosina Voigtlander Heliar 50mm F/3.5 LSM "Cosina 50th Anniversary, Bessa 10th Anniversary" (600 units) • Collapsible | M | 5 - 3 | 1.00m | ⌀27 | 2009 ● | ||||
| Konishiroku Hexar 50mm F/3.5 LSM • Collapsible | M | 4 - 3 | 3.5 ft. | A36 | 1955 ● | ||||
| Leitz Elmar 50mm F/3.5 [I] [ELMAR, ELMARKUP, ELMARCHROM] • Collapsible | M | 4 - 3 | 1.00m | A36 | 1930 ● | ||||
| Leitz Elmar 50mm F/3.5 [II] [ELMAR] • Collapsible | M | 4 - 3 | 1.00m | A36 | 1951 ● | ||||
| Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 50mm F/3.5 [III] [ELMAR / 11010] • Collapsible | M | 4 - 3 | 1.00m | E39 | 1954 ● | ||||
| MS Optics MS-Mode-AH Apoqualia 50mm F/3.5 LSM • Collapsible | M | 5 - 3 | 1.00m | ⌀30.5 | 2009 ● | ||||
| Nippon Kogaku Nikkor-Q·C 50mm F/3.5 LSM | M | 4 - 3 | 1.5 ft. | ⌀34.5 | 1950 ● | ||||
| Nippon Kogaku Nikkor-Q[·C] 50mm F/3.5 LSM • Collapsible | M | 4 - 3 | 3.5 ft. | A36 | 1945 ● | ||||
| Industar-50 50mm F/3.5 LSM akaИНДУСТАР-50 50mm F/3.5 [П] | M | 4 - 3 | 1.00m | ⌀33 | ● | ||||
| Industar-50 50mm F/3.5 LSM • Collapsible akaИНДУСТАР-50 50mm F/3.5 [П] | M | 4 - 3 | 1.00m | ⌀33 | 1953 ● | ||||
| Industar-22 50mm F/3.5 LSM • Collapsible akaИНДУСТАР-22 50mm F/3.5 [П] [МОСКВА / ЗОРКИЙ] | M | 4 - 3 | 1.00m | -- | 1948 ● | ||||
| Industar-22 50mm F/3.5 LSM akaИНДУСТАР-22 50mm F/3.5 П | M | 4 - 3 | 1.00m | ● | |||||
| FED 50mm F/3.5 LSM • Collapsible akaФЭД 50mm F/3.5 | M | 4 - 3 | 1.00m | A36 | ● | ||||
| FED 50mm F/3.5 LSM "Industar-10" • Collapsible akaИндустар-10 50mm F/3.5 akaФЭД 50mm F/3.5 | M | 4 - 3 | 1.00m | A36 | ● | ||||
| FED 50mm F/3.5 Close Focus LSM • Collapsible akaФЭД 50mm F/3.5 | M | 4 - 3 | 0.50m | A36 | ● | ||||
| Tanaka Kogaku Tanar 50mm F/3.5 LSM • Collapsible | M | 4 - 3 | 3.5 ft. | 1952 ● | |||||
| Tanaka Kogaku Tanar 50mm F/3.5 LSM | M | 4 - 3 | 3.5 ft. | 1954 ● | |||||
| Tanaka Kogaku Tanar 50mm F/3.5 H.C. Close Focus LSM | M | 4 - 3 | 1.5 ft. | 1955 ● | |||||
| Tanaka Kogaku Tanar 50mm F/3.5 H.C. Close Focus LSM Black | M | 4 - 3 | 1.5 ft. | 1957 ● | |||||
| Tokyo Kogaku Topcor 50mm F/3.5 Tessar Type LSM • Collapsible | M | 4 - 3 | 3.5 ft. | A36 | 1955 ● | ||||
| Tokyo Optical Topcor 50mm F/3.5 Elmar Type LSM • Collapsible | M | 4 - 3 | 3.5 ft. | A36 | 1954 ● | ||||
| Tokyo Kogaku Topcor 50mm F/3.5 Tessar Type LSM | M | 4 - 3 | 3.5 ft. | ⌀34 | 1955 ● | ||||
| Tokyo Kogaku Topcor 50mm F/3.5 Elmar Type LSM | M | 4 - 3 | 3.5 ft. | ⌀34 | 1955 ● | ||||
| Tokyo Optical [C.] Simlar 50mm F/3.5 LSM • Collapsible akaTokyo Optical State 50mm F/3.5 LSM | M | 4 - 3 | 3.5 ft. | A36 | 1946 ● | ||||
| Lena-Q·C 50mm F/3.5 LSM • Collapsible akaReise-Q·C 50mm F/3.5 LSM | M | 4 - 3 | 3.5 ft. | 1954 ● | |||||