Yashica ML 55mm F/4 Macro
Macro lens • Film era • Discontinued
- Announced:
- · 1976
- Production status:
- ● Discontinued
- Country of design:
- · Japan
- Original name:
- · YASHICA LENS ML MACRO 55mm 1:4
- Class:
- · Slow full-frame macro 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. |
| MACRO | Macro lens. Designed specially for shooting close-ups of small subjects but can be also used in other genres of photography, not necessarily requiring focusing at close distances. Learn more |
Specification
| Optical design: | |
| 35mm full frame | |
| 55mm | |
| F/4 | |
| 4 elements in 3 groups (Tessar) | |
| Contax/Yashica [45.5mm] | |
| 42.9° (35mm full frame) | |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Automatic |
Aperture control: | Aperture ring (Manual settings only) |
| 5 (five) | |
| Focusing: | |
| 0.25m | |
| 1:2 | |
Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing ring |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| 305g | |
| ⌀61.5×55mm | |
| Accessories: | |
| Screw-type 52mm | |
| 54mm - Clamp-on square | |
| <No data> |
Sources of data
- Yashica interchangeable lenses booklet.
- Yashica FX-2 instruction booklet (April 1978).
- Yashica/Contax Confidential Dealer Price List No. 10 (January 1980).
Other macro lenses in the Contax/Yashica system
| ■Contax/Yashica mount (7) | |||||||||
| Yashica ML 55mm F/2.8 Macro • 1:2 | A | 6 - 4 | 0.25m | ⌀52 | 1979 ● | ||||
| Carl Zeiss S-Planar / Makro-Planar T* 60mm F/2.8 [AE] • 1:1 | A | 6 - 4 | 0.24m | E67 | 1974 ● | ||||
| Carl Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 60mm F/2.8 C [MM] • 1:2 | A | 6 - 4 | 0.27m | E55 | 1992 ● | ||||
| Yashica ML 100mm F/4 Bellows | M | 5 - 3 | ⌀52 | 1976 ● | |||||
| Carl Zeiss S-Planar T* 100mm F/4 Bellows [AE] | A | 6 - 4 | E55 | 1978 ● | |||||
| Yashica ML 100mm F/3.5 Macro • 1:2 | A | 6 - 4 | 0.44m | ⌀55 | 1979 ● | ||||
| Carl Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 100mm F/2.8 [AE] • 1:1 | A | 7 - 7 | 0.45m | E67 | 1984 ● | ||||
Lenses with similar focal length
| ■Contax/Yashica mount (4) | |||||||||
| Panagor Auto 55mm F/2.8 PMC Macro • 1:1 | A | 5 - 4 | 0.22m | ⌀62 | ● | ||||
| Sigma MF 50mm F/2.8 Multi-Coated Macro ZEN • 1:1 | A | 10 - 9 | 0.19m | ⌀52 | 1988 ● | ||||
| Spiratone Proxitel 55mm F/2.8 Macro • 1:1 | A | 5 - 4 | 0.22m | ⌀62 | 1985 ● | ||||
| Vivitar [Auto] 55mm F/2.8 [MC] Macro (s/n 28xxxxxx) • 1:1 akaElicar V-HQ 55mm F/2.8 MC Macro akaRokunar V-HQ 55mm F/2.8 MC Macro | A | 5 - 4 | 0.22m | ⌀62 | 1975 ● | ||||
| ■Interchangeable mount (1) | |||||||||
| Sigma[-XQ] MF [Standard] 55mm F/2.8 [Multi-Coated] Macro [YS] • 1:2 | A | 7 - 5 | 0.25m | ⌀55 | 1973 ● | ||||