Yashica ML 55mm F/1.2
Standard prime lens • Film era • Discontinued
- Announced:
- · 1976
- Production status:
- ● Discontinued
- Country of design:
- · Japan
- Original name:
- · YASHICA LENS ML 55mm 1:1.2
- Class:
- · Ultra-fast full-frame standard prime lens
- System:
- · Contax/Yashica (1974)
Abbreviations
| ML | Multi-layer anti-reflection coating is applied to the surfaces of lens elements. This anti-reflection coating increases light transmission, eliminates flare and ghosting, and maintains color consistence among all lens models. |
Model history (3)
| ■Tomioka Yashinon Auto 55mm F/1.2 | A | 7 - 6 | 0.50m | ⌀55 | 1970 ● | |
| ■Tomioka Yashinon DS-M Auto 55mm F/1.2 | A | 7 - 6 | 0.50m | ⌀55 | 1973 ● | |
| ■Yashica ML 55mm F/1.2 | A | 7 - 6 | 0.50m | ⌀55 | 1976 ● | |
Specification
| Optical design: | |
| 35mm full frame | |
| 55mm | |
| F/1.2 | |
| 7 elements in 6 groups (Double Gauss derivative) | |
| Contax/Yashica [45.5mm] | |
| 42.9° (35mm full frame) | |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Automatic |
Aperture control: | Aperture ring (Manual settings only) |
| 8 (eight) | |
| Focusing: | |
| 0.50m | |
| <No data> | |
Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing ring |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| 410g | |
| ⌀66.5×50mm | |
| Accessories: | |
| Screw-type 55mm | |
| 57mm - Clamp-on square | |
| <No data> |
Sources of data
- Contax/Yashica 35mm SLR Camera System booklet (177 pages).
- Yashica interchangeable lenses booklet.
- Yashica FX-2 instruction booklet (April 1978).
- Yashica FX-3 instruction manual.
- Yashica/Contax Confidential Dealer Price List No. 10 (January 1980).
Manufacturer description
An ultra-fast standard lens for low light conditions. Featured are uniform field illumination and corner-to-corner sharpness at all apertures due to the highly advanced optical design.
Other standard prime lenses in the Contax/Yashica system
| ■Contax/Yashica mount (9) | |||||||||
| Carl Zeiss Tessar T* 45mm F/2.8 [AE, MM] • Pancake lens | A | 4 - 3 | 0.60m | E49 | 1982 ● | ||||
| Yashica ML 50mm F/2 | A | 6 - 4 | 0.50m | ⌀52 | 1981 ● | ||||
| Yashica ML 50mm F/1.9 | A | 6 - 5 | 0.50m | ⌀52 | 1985 ● | ||||
| Yashica ML 50mm F/1.9 c | A | 6 - 5 | 0.50m | ⌀49 | 1988 ● | ||||
| Yashica ML 50mm F/1.7 | A | 6 - 5 | 0.50m | ⌀52 | 1974 ● | ||||
| Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm F/1.7 [AE, MM] | A | 7 - 6 | 0.60m | E55 | 1979 ● | ||||
| Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm F/1.4 [AE, MM] | A | 7 - 6 | 0.45m | E55 | 1974 ● | ||||
| Yashica ML 50mm F/1.4 | A | 7 - 6 | 0.50m | ⌀52 | 1974 ● | ||||
| Carl Zeiss Planar T* 55mm F/1.2 "Planar 100 Jahre" [MM] (1000 units) | A | 8 - 7 | 0.60m | E77 | 1996 ● | ||||
Lenses with similar focal length
| ■Contax/Yashica mount (1) | |||||||||
| Kinoshita Kistar 55mm F/1.2 | M | 7 - 6 | 0.50m | ⌀55 | 2015 ● | ||||
| ■Interchangeable mount (2) | |||||||||
| MS Optics MS-Mode-S 50mm F/1.3 Dualsystem (200 units) | M | 5 - 4 | 1.00m | ⌀49 | 2006 ● | ||||
| Tamron 58mm F/1.2 [T] akaTaika Harigon 58mm F/1.2 | P | 8 - 6 | 1.8 ft. | 1960 ● | |||||