CANON 35mm f/1.5

JP S39-8148 Y1, sole example — Jiro Mukai

8 ELEMENTS / 4 GROUPS
DESIGN f = 35.05 mm
DESIGN F/1.4
ALL SPHERICAL

Focus Mechanism

Unit focus: the whole optical unit moves forward on the non-revolving helicoid, so only the back focus changes, from 20.143 mm at infinity to 21.458 mm at Canon's 1 m minimum (object to film), a 1.315 mm extension. The patent prints the infinity state only; the near state is a paraxial calculation.

Optical Elements (8 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Negative MeniscusE-FD7 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L2Positive MeniscusK-LaK9 (SUMITA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L3Positive MeniscusLAF2 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L4Negative MeniscusSF2 (Schott catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L5Positive MeniscusLAK6 (SUMITA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L6Negative MeniscusFF5 (HOYA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L7Positive MeniscusS-LAL8 (OHARA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L8Biconvex PositiveK-LaK10 (SUMITA catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)