Look & Feel
This lens seems very compact and light weight for a 35mm f/2 lens, IMO. The
outer barrel of this lens seems very similar to those of FA28/2.8AL
and FA50/1.4 as shown below. The focus ring on this lens is wide enough
for MF, IMHO, and the MF feel is very smooth and well damped for an AF lens.
FA28/2.8AL(left), FA35/2AL(center), and FA50/1.4(right)
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Optical Performance
This lens is very contrasty and visually sharp even wide open.
Color saturation and color rendition are also excellent. No coma
wings are seen within an 18mm radius circle from the center
of the frame at f/2.
Background bokeh seems slightly double-imaged at f/2 and becomes
natual and good at f/2.8.
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Other
The accessory tulip hood has a certain amount of inside reflections as
shown below left. This seems very bad, so I glued flocked paper inside
the hood to prevent reflections as shown below right.
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Specification
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Construction :
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6 elements in 5 groups
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Angle of View :
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63 degrees
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Minimum Aperture :
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F/22
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Number of Aperture Blades :
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6
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Closest Focal Distance :
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0.3 meters
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Maximum Magnification Ratio :
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x 0.17
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Filter Thread Size :
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49 mm
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Size :
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64 mm in diameter, 44.5 mm in length
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Weight :
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195 g
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* This lens comes with tulip hood.
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Image at minimum focal distance (0.3m)
Bokeh
FA35/2AL vs. K35/2
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