Serenar / Canon 50mm F/3.5 [II] LSM

Standard prime lens • Film era • Discontinued

  • Announced:
  • · August 1952
  • Production status:
  • ● Discontinued
  • Country of design:
  • · Japan
  • Original name:
  • · Canon Camera Co. SERENAR f:3.5 50mm
  • · Canon Camera Co. CANON LENS f:3.5 50mm
  • · Canon Camera Co. CANON LENS 50mm f:3.5
  • Class:
  • · Slow full-frame standard prime lens
  • System:
  • · Canon S (LSM) (1949)

Abbreviations

II Second generation.

Model history (2)

■Serenar 50mm F/3.5 [I] • CollapsibleM4 - 31.00mS.VI 1946 ●
■Serenar / Canon 50mm F/3.5 [II] LSM • CollapsibleM4 - 31.00mS.VI 1952 ●

Specification

Optical design:
35mm full frame
50mm
F/3.5
4 elements in 3 groups (Tessar)
Leica screw mount
46.8° (35mm full frame)
Diaphragm mechanism:
Diaphragm type:
Manual
Aperture control:
Aperture ring
8 (eight)
Focusing:
Coupled to the rangefinder:
Yes
1m
Focusing modes:
Manual focus only
Manual focus control:
Focusing lever
Physical characteristics:
170g
⌀47×37.5mm
Accessories:
Series VI
Series VI - Screw-type round

Sources of data

  • Canon lenses. Directions and tables (January 1955).
  • Canon-Serenar lenses. Directions and tables (October 1952).
  • Canon system of photography booklet (March 1956).
  • Canon lenses booklet (December 1954).
  • Canon lenses. Directions and tables (August 1954).

Manufacturer description #1

A lens of the so-called "Tessar" type, which has long been familiar as the standard lens for 35mm cameras. But constant improvements to the standard design have made the Canon 50mm f:3.5 lens one of the outstanding 50mm f:3.5 lenses of today. This lens is ideal for landscape and portrait work as well as having a wide range of uses in other fields of photography. For close-up and copying work no lens is better suited.

Manufacturer description #2

This lens has been designed on a Tessar formula and is an improvement on our Type I lens.

Manufacturer description #3

A universal lens for use with camera, enlarger, etc. Basic optical formula that permits an extremely high degree of correction, with four elements in a collapsible mount. Angle of view 46°. Apertures from f:3.5 to f:16. Focusing range 3.5 feet to infinity.

From the editor

A version with the mount changed from the Canon "J" screw mount (24 TPI) to the classic Leica screw mount (26 TPI). Standard lens for the Canon II-A, II-D, IV-SB, II-F, II-S. Produced from August 1952 to February 1955. In December 1952 the lens was renamed from Serenar to Canon.

The manufacturer claims that the lens is made according to the Tessar design, however, in the classic Tessar, the aperture stop is located not in front of, but behind the central element.

Series VI 34mm adapter ring is used to mount the lens hood.

Other standard prime lenses in the Canon S (LSM) system

■Leica screw mount (10)
Canon 50mm F/2.8 [I] LSMM4 - 31.00mS.VI 1955 ●
Canon 50mm F/2.8 [II] LSMM4 - 31.00m⌀40 1957 ●
Canon 50mm F/2.2 LSMM5 - 41.00m⌀40 1961 ●
Serenar / Canon 50mm F/1.8 [I] LSMM6 - 41.00mS.VI 1951 ●
Canon 50mm F/1.8 [II] LSMM6 - 41.00mS.VI 1956 ●
Canon 50mm F/1.8 [III] LSMM6 - 41.00m⌀40 1958 ●
Serenar / Canon 50mm F/1.5 LSMM7 - 31.00mS.VII 1952 ●
Canon 50mm F/1.4 [I] LSMM6 - 41.00m⌀48 1957 ●
Canon 50mm F/1.4 [II] LSMM6 - 41.00m⌀48 1959 ●
Canon 50mm F/1.2 LSMM7 - 51.00m⌀55 1956 ●

Lenses with similar focal length

■Leica screw mount (27)
Cosina Voigtlander Heliar 50mm F/3.5 LSM "Heliar 101 Years Limited Edition" (2000 units) • CollapsibleM5 - 31.00m⌀27 2001 ●
Cosina Voigtlander Heliar 50mm F/3.5 LSM "Cosina 50th Anniversary, Bessa 10th Anniversary" (600 units) • CollapsibleM5 - 31.00m⌀27 2009 ●
Konishiroku Hexar 50mm F/3.5 LSM • CollapsibleM4 - 33.5 ft.A36 1955 ●
Leitz Elmar 50mm F/3.5 [I] [ELMAR, ELMARKUP, ELMARCHROM] • CollapsibleM4 - 31.00mA36 1930 ●
Leitz Elmar 50mm F/3.5 [II] [ELMAR] • CollapsibleM4 - 31.00mA36 1951 ●
Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 50mm F/3.5 [III] [ELMAR / 11010] • CollapsibleM4 - 31.00mE39 1954 ●
MS Optics MS-Mode-AH Apoqualia 50mm F/3.5 LSM • CollapsibleM5 - 31.00m⌀30.5 2009 ●
Nippon Kogaku Nikkor-Q·C 50mm F/3.5 LSMM4 - 31.5 ft.⌀34.5 1950 ●
Nippon Kogaku Nikkor-Q[·C] 50mm F/3.5 LSM • CollapsibleM4 - 33.5 ft.A36 1945 ●
Industar-50 50mm F/3.5 LSM
akaИНДУСТАР-50 50mm F/3.5 [П]		M4 - 31.00m⌀33 ●
Industar-50 50mm F/3.5 LSM • Collapsible
akaИНДУСТАР-50 50mm F/3.5 [П]		M4 - 31.00m⌀33 1953 ●
Industar-22 50mm F/3.5 LSM • Collapsible
akaИНДУСТАР-22 50mm F/3.5 [П] [МОСКВА / ЗОРКИЙ]		M4 - 31.00m-- 1948 ●
Industar-22 50mm F/3.5 LSM
akaИНДУСТАР-22 50mm F/3.5 П		M4 - 31.00m ●
FED 50mm F/3.5 LSM • Collapsible
akaФЭД 50mm F/3.5		M4 - 31.00mA36 ●
FED 50mm F/3.5 LSM "Industar-10" • Collapsible
akaИндустар-10 50mm F/3.5
akaФЭД 50mm F/3.5		M4 - 31.00mA36 ●
FED 50mm F/3.5 Close Focus LSM • Collapsible
akaФЭД 50mm F/3.5		M4 - 30.50mA36 ●
Tanaka Kogaku Tanar 50mm F/3.5 LSM • CollapsibleM4 - 33.5 ft. 1952 ●
Tanaka Kogaku Tanar 50mm F/3.5 LSMM4 - 33.5 ft. 1954 ●
Tanaka Kogaku Tanar 50mm F/3.5 H.C. Close Focus LSMM4 - 31.5 ft. 1955 ●
Tanaka Kogaku Tanar 50mm F/3.5 H.C. Close Focus LSM BlackM4 - 31.5 ft. 1957 ●
Tokyo Kogaku Topcor 50mm F/3.5 Tessar Type LSM • CollapsibleM4 - 33.5 ft.A36 1955 ●
Tokyo Optical Topcor 50mm F/3.5 Elmar Type LSM • CollapsibleM4 - 33.5 ft.A36 1954 ●
Tokyo Kogaku Topcor 50mm F/3.5 Tessar Type LSMM4 - 33.5 ft.⌀34 1955 ●
Tokyo Kogaku Topcor 50mm F/3.5 Elmar Type LSMM4 - 33.5 ft.⌀34 1955 ●
Tokyo Optical [C.] Simlar 50mm F/3.5 LSM • Collapsible
akaTokyo Optical State 50mm F/3.5 LSM		M4 - 33.5 ft.A36 1946 ●
Nicca-L·C 50mm F/3.5 LSM • CollapsibleM4 - 33.5 ft. 1949 ●
Lena-Q·C 50mm F/3.5 LSM • Collapsible
akaReise-Q·C 50mm F/3.5 LSM		M4 - 33.5 ft. 1954 ●

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