YASHICA ML 35mm f/2.8 (early diamond-grip)

JP S50-132921 A, sole example — Yoshisato Fujioka

7 ELEMENTS / 6 GROUPS
35mm f/2.8
64°
0.3m MINIMUM FOCUS
ALL SPHERICAL

Focus Mechanism

Unit focus to 0.3 m, reconstructed: the whole lens moves forward 5.88 mm and the back focus grows from 38.045 mm to 43.920 mm. The patent and the FX-1 manual do not state the focusing mechanism. Finite-conjugate MTF is unavailable.

Optical Elements (7 physical)

ElementTypeGlass
L1Meniscus NegativeBACD13 (HOYA, coordinate equivalent)
L2Biconcave NegativeN-SK11 (SCHOTT catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L3Biconvex PositiveLAC8 (HOYA, coordinate equivalent)
L4Biconvex PositiveLAC13 (HOYA, coordinate equivalent)
L5Biconcave NegativeSF1 (SCHOTT catalog equivalent; production supplier unspecified)
L6Meniscus PositiveLAC8 (HOYA, coordinate equivalent)
L7Meniscus PositiveLACL1 (HOYA, coordinate equivalent)