Serenar / Canon 35mm F/2.8 [I] LSM

Wide-angle prime lens • Film era • Discontinued

  • Announced:
  • · October 1951
  • Production status:
  • ● Discontinued
  • Country of design:
  • · Japan
  • Original name:
  • · Canon Camera Co. SERENAR f:2.8 35mm
  • · Canon Camera Co. CANON LENS f:2.8 35mm
  • · Canon Camera Co. CANON LENS 35mm f:2.8
  • Class:
  • · Fast full-frame wide-angle prime lens
  • · Pancake lens
  • System:
  • · Canon S (LSM) (1949)

Model history (2)

■Serenar / Canon 35mm F/2.8 [I] LSM • Pancake lensM6 - 41.00mS.VI 1951 ●
■Canon 35mm F/2.8 [II] LSMM6 - 41.00m⌀40 1957 ●

Specification

Optical design:
35mm full frame
35mm
F/2.8
6 elements in 4 groups (Double Gauss derivative)
Leica screw mount
63.4° (35mm full frame)
Diaphragm mechanism:
Diaphragm type:
Manual
Aperture control:
Aperture ring
6 (six)
Focusing:
Coupled to the rangefinder:
Yes
1m
Focusing modes:
Manual focus only
Manual focus control:
Focusing ring
Physical characteristics:
200g
⌀48×25.5mm
Accessories:
Series VI
Series VI - Screw-type round

Sources of data

  • Canon lenses. Directions and tables (October 1956).
  • Canon lenses. Directions and tables (January 1955).
  • Canon-Serenar lenses. Directions and tables (October 1952).
  • Canon lenses. The world's finest optics for photography booklet.
  • Canon system of photography booklet (March 1956).
  • Canon General Catalog (March 1955).
  • Canon lenses booklet (December 1954).
  • Canon lenses. Directions and tables (August 1954).
  • Canon lenses. Directions and tables (September 1955).

Manufacturer description #1

A unique design based on an exclusive Canon lens formula which permits high speed and excellent wide angle coverage (64°). Excellent for color and black-and-white. Six elements, Spectra-coated in rigid mount. Click stops. Apertures from f:2.8 to f:22. Focusing range from 3.5 ft. to infinity.

Manufacturer description #2

A six-element 64 deg. wide angle lens constructed from an original Canon design, this lens represents a marked improvement on the old four element lenses. Color correction is almost complete. There is practically no coma throughout the image and the resolving power is excellent. No other lens of this type is capable of gathering so much light in the corners.

Manufacturer description #3

An exclusive Canon formula permitting high speed with excellent wide angle coverage (64 deg.). An excellent lens for color as well as black-and-white. Six elements in an non-collapsible non-revolving mount. Apertures from f:2.8 to f:22, with click stops. Focusing range from 3 1/2 feet to infinity: metric calibration 1 meter to infinity. Lens hood common with Canon 50 mm f:1.8 lens, provided series VI 34 mm adapter ring is used. Net weight 200 grams or 7.1 oz.

Manufacturer description #4

It is the ideal standard lens for the photographer who does not require a super-fast lens but who still demands that his photographs in black-and-white or in color be sharp to the very edges of the picture, without sacrifice of perfect definition.

From the editor

Canon lenses. Directions and tables (October 1956) indicates lighter weight (165g).

Other wide-angle prime lenses in the Canon S (LSM) system

■Leica screw mount (9)
Canon 25mm F/3.5 LSM • Pancake lensM5 - 31.00mS.VI 1956 ●
Serenar / Canon 28mm F/3.5 [I] LSM • Pancake lensM6 - 41.00mS.VI 1951 ●
Canon 28mm F/3.5 [II] LSM • Pancake lensM6 - 41.00m⌀40 1957 ●
Canon 28mm F/2.8 LSM • Pancake lensM6 - 41.00mS.VI 1957 ●
Serenar / Canon 35mm F/3.2 LSM • Pancake lensM6 - 43.5 ft.S.VI 1951 ●
Canon 35mm F/2.8 [II] LSMM6 - 41.00m⌀40 1957 ●
Canon 35mm F/2 LSMM7 - 41.00m⌀40 1962 ●
Canon 35mm F/1.8 LSMM7 - 41.00mS.VI 1957 ●
Canon 35mm F/1.5 LSMM8 - 41.00m⌀48 1958 ●

Lenses with similar focal length

■Leica screw mount (31)
Chiyoko Rokkor 35mm F/3.5 [C] LSMM4 - 31.00m⌀34 1956 ●
Cosina Voigtlander Color-Skopar 35mm F/2.5 P MC LSM • Pancake lensM7 - 50.90m⌀39 2000 ●
Cosina Voigtlander Color-Skopar 35mm F/2.5 MC LSMM7 - 50.70m⌀39 2000 ●
Cosina Voigtlander Ultron 35mm F/1.7 Aspherical LSMM8 - 60.90m⌀39 1999 ●
Cosina Voigtlander Heliar 40mm F/2.8 Aspherical LSM • Pancake lensM5 - 30.70m⌀34 2022 ●
Fuji Photo Film Fujinon 35mm F/2 LSMM7 - 53.5 ft. 1954 ●
Konica Hexanon 35mm F/2 LSM (1000 units)M7 - 60.90m⌀46 1996 ●
Konica UC-Hexanon 35mm F/2 LSM (1000 units) • Pancake lensM7 - 60.90m⌀43 2001 ●
Kowa Prominar 35mm F/2.8 LSMM6 - 43.5 ft.⌀34 1957 ●
Leitz Wetzlar Summaron 35mm F/3.5 [SOONC / 11005] (up to s/n 1,423,140)M6 - 41.00mA36 1950 ●
Leitz Elmar 35mm F/3.5 [EKURZ, EKURZKUP, EKURZCHROM]M4 - 31.00mA36 1930 ●
Leitz Wetzlar Summaron 35mm F/2.8 [SIMOO / 11006]M6 - 41.00mE39 1958 ●
Leitz Wetzlar / Leitz Canada Summicron 35mm F/2 [I] [SAWOO / 11008]M8 - 61.00mE39 1958 ●
Leitz Wetzlar Summaron 35mm F/3.5 [SOONC] (from s/n 1,423,141)M6 - 41.00mE39 1956 ●
Light Lens Lab 35mm F/2 LSM • CollapsibleM8 - 60.50m-- 2023 ●
Light Lens Lab 35mm F/2M8 - 60.70m⌀39 2021 ●
Nippon Kogaku W-Nikkor·C 35mm F/3.5 LSMM4 - 33.5 ft.⌀34.5 1949 ●
Nippon Kogaku W-Nikkor[·C] 35mm F/2.5 LSMM6 - 43.5 ft.⌀34.5 1952 ●
Nippon Kogaku W-Nikkor[·C] 35mm F/1.8 LSM (1471 units)M7 - 53.5 ft.⌀43 1956 ●
Olympus Zuiko C. 40mm F/2.8 LSMM5 - 43.5 ft. 1950 ●
Rollei HFT Sonnar 40mm F/2.8 LSM (430 units)M5 - 40.70m⌀39 2002 ●
Sankyo Kohki W-Komura 35mm F/2.8 LSMM6 - 41.00m⌀43 ●
Sankyo Kohki W-Komura 36mm F/1.8 LSMM7 - 51.00m⌀58 ●
Sankyo Kohki W-Komura 35mm F/3.5 LSMM5 - 41.00m⌀34 ●
Mir-1 37mm F/2.8 LSM
akaМИР-1 37mm F/2.8		P6 - 50.70m⌀49 ●
Jupiter-12 35mm F/2.8 LSM
akaЮПИТЕР-12 35mm F/2.8		M6 - 41.00m⌀40.5 1950 ●
Steinheil Munchen Orthostigmat 35mm F/4.5 VL LSMM6 - 21.00m ●
Tanaka Kogaku W Tanar 35mm F/3.5 LSMM5 - 23.5 ft. 1955 ●
Tanaka Kogaku W Tanar 35mm F/2.8 LSMM6 - 43.5 ft. 1956 ●
Tokyo Kogaku Topcor 35mm F/2.8 LSMM6 - 43.5 ft.⌀40.5 1955 ●
Carl Zeiss Jena Biogon 35mm F/2.8 T LSMM6 - 41.00m ●

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