mark_crown1 Posted May 8, 2004 Share Posted May 8, 2004 Hello wonderful people - I wonder anyone out there can help me!? I'm after a cost effective bunch of lenses to use with my FM3a and I've found a Nikkor 35mm f3.5 AI for sale here in England. I've found very little to read about this lens in order to get an assessment of its qualities - Roland Vink doesn't mention it and neither does the Photography in Malaysia website. Is it that bad? The 35mm AF-D F2 can be had here second hand for about £30 more than the AI 3.5 - but the dodgy aperture blade problem has put me off going for one of these. I'd be sincerely grateful for any comments you can find the time to give me on this mystery lens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert_smith Posted May 8, 2004 Share Posted May 8, 2004 I have been using Nikons for several decades, and I have many books that list every item ever produced from Nikon... there was no 35mm f/3.5 Nikkor for film cameras. There was a 28mm f/3.5, a 35mm f/2.5 series E, a zoom that started at 35mm (to 70mm) that was f/3.5, but the slowest 35mm Nikkor was a f/2.8. Re-check the spec's on the lens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_himing Posted May 8, 2004 Share Posted May 8, 2004 The only 35mm/f3.5 lens Nikon made was their first PC lens ("perspective control" or shift/tilt lens). Such a lens would probably be very sought after by collectors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly_flanigan1 Posted May 8, 2004 Share Posted May 8, 2004 Mark and Al; there was a 3.5cm F3.5 "Made in ocuppied Japan" NIPPON KOGAKU TOKYO LENS in LEICA Screw Mount; they have a 34.5mm filter size; chrome barrels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly_flanigan1 Posted May 8, 2004 Share Posted May 8, 2004 The older 35mm PC nikkor for the Nikon F was a F3.5 model; before the F2.8 model came out. Both have 11mm shifts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly_flanigan1 Posted May 8, 2004 Share Posted May 8, 2004 There is also the 35mm F3.5 lens for the Calypso/Nikkor Underwater Camera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly_flanigan1 Posted May 8, 2004 Share Posted May 8, 2004 There was also a 35mm F4.5 macro Nikkor for microscopes; etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert_smith Posted May 9, 2004 Share Posted May 9, 2004 <I>Mark and Al; there was a 3.5cm F3.5 "Made in ocuppied Japan" NIPPON KOGAKU TOKYO LENS in LEICA Screw Mount; they have a 34.5mm filter size; chrome barrels</I><P> Yeah... I was too broad when I said "film camera". I know about the rangefinder lenses, but Mark's question was about the AI mount, to be used on an FM3a, so when I said there were no 35mm f/3.5 lenses, I meant in AI mount to be used on Nikon SLRs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_crown1 Posted May 10, 2004 Author Share Posted May 10, 2004 Hello everyone - thanx for your answers. You are of course correct - there is no such lens. I contacted the dealer and asked him about it and it was all down to a typing error - the 35mm 3.5 was in actual fact a 28mm 3.5.!! I suppose the moderator can remove this entry now as it has fulfilled its function. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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