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Nikkor 35mm f/2 O

Nikkor 35mm f/2 O non-AI (classic non-AI '65-'73, multicoated non-AI '73-'75, K non-AI '75-'77, AI '77-'81, AI-S '81-'05)
My Nippon Kogaku marked sample from the late sixties and the Nikon marked from '71.



Filter size: 52mm
Close focus distance: 1 foot or .3 meters
Aperture range: f/2 - f/16
Aperture blades: 7
Depth of field scale for f/4, f/8 - 16, plus IR focusing index.
Design: 8 elements in 6 groups

I have never been that impressed with this lens. The design was around for 40 years, and it should be the happy medium between the slow 35mm f/2.8 and the expensive f/1.4. Maybe it is just that I do not like the 35mm focal length much. Has a decent amount of barrel distortion. The later multicoated versions are supposed to handle flare better, but where's the fun in that?

The Nippon Kogaku, Nikon, and C versions all pretty much look the same.



 

The K version, AI version, and AI-S version all just vary cosmetically.

Here are the other non-perspective control Nikon non-AI 35mm lenses: 35mm f/1.4, f/2, f/2.8, and 3.5cm f/2.8:



More information:
Tai Shimizu
Pindelski
MIR
Ken Rockwell
Brochure
Another Brochure

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