Non-C/EF Fast Wide Lenses - Canon EOS Technoclopedia

	Mounts¹	eBay Price	Angle Of View²	Max. Magnif.	Aperture Min. \| Blades \| Form			Min. Dist. (cm)	Filter (mm)	Diameter (mm)	Length (mm)	Weight (g)	Lens Hood	Produced	Comments	Tests³
Admiral G.M.C. 28mm F2.5 Automatik-Weitwinkel	M42				22			40
Angenieux 35mm F2.5 R1	M42													1977 - 1982
Arsenal 35mm F2.0 MC (Auto) MIR-24N	N/F		66		22	6	polygonal	24	58					Арсенал Київ 1987 - 1996 (rec.*)	*means I only have records about lenses from that period
Asahi Opt. Co. 28mm F2.0 SMC -M	P/K	124€
Asahi Opt. Co. 28mm F2.0 SMC -A	P/K
Asahi Opt. Co. 35mm F2.0 Super (Auto) Takumar (I)	M42				16				67					1963/66	again two slightly different series
Asahi Opt. Co. 35mm F2.0 Super (Auto) Takumar (II)	M42				16				49					1967
Asahi Opt. Co. 35mm F2.0 S.-M.-C. (Auto) Takumar	M42	81€			16				49					1971
Asahi Opt. Co. 35mm F2.0 SMC -M (Auto)	P/K	150€			22			30	49
Asahi Opt. Co. 35mm F2.0 SMC -A	P/K	158€
Carl Zeiss 21mm F2.8 Distagon T*	C/Y												C-W1		if "Made in Japan", it's manufactured by Kyocera; listing this one and the 25mm Distagon as only exceptions to the F<2.8 rule for their otherwise exceptional performance	16-9.net: 1.) vs. Canon EF 17-40mm F4.0L, 2.) vs. Canon EF 24mm F1.4L and some test results (also compared to EF 16-35mm etc.)
Carl Zeiss 25mm F2.8 Distagon T* ZS/ZF/ZK	M42 \| N/F \| P/K		80.2		22			17	58	65	66	480	bayonet	Cosina 2006	older Zeiss version available (completely black design, no lens hood bayonet)	Photozone (tested with a Nikon)
Carl Zeiss 28mm F2.0 Distagon T*/HFT	C/Y \| R/B	420€ \|			22			24							if "Made in Japan", it's manufactured by Kyocera
Carl Zeiss 28mm F2.0 Distagon T* ZF/ZK	N/F \| P/K		74		22			24	58	65	94	530		Cosina 2007
Carl Zeiss 35mm F2.0 Distagon T* ZS/ZF/ZK	M42 \| N/F \| P/K		63		22			30	58	65	73	530		Cosina 2006		Photozone (tested with a Nikon)
Carl Zeiss 35mm F1.4 Distagon w/out MM	C/Y	350€													if "Made in Japan", it's manufactured by Kyocera
Carl Zeiss 35mm F1.4 Distagon w/ MM	C/Y	470€													if "Made in Japan", it's manufactured by Kyocera
Carl Zeiss Jena 35mm F2.4 MC Auto Flektogon	M42	100€		1:2.2	22			20	49						sometimes available as "electric MC Flektogon" version (adds an electric contact providing full-aperture metering with later Praktica bodies)
Fuji Photo 35mm F1.9 EBC Fujinon	M42
Lomo 20mm F2.5 MC MIR-47M /-47K	M42 \| P/K (?)		94		22			30						ЛОМО 1987
Kiron 24mm F2.0 MC [IF]	C/Y \| N/Ai \| O/OM \| P/K	50€ \| - 65€ -	83	1:8.7	16	6	polygonal	30	55	65	47.5	288		Kino Precision 1980 - 1986	internal focus	Modern Photography 03/1981
Kiron 28mm F2.0 MC [IF]	C/Y \| N/Ai \| O/OM \| P/K	25€ \| 40€ \| 31€ \|	74	1:1.75	16			30	55	65.5	46.5	284		Kino Precision 1980 - 1986	internal focus; this lens is often reported to have problems with the lasting quality of its aperture blades	Modern Photography 03/1981: actually not so sharp until F8 is reached, corners are very soft; Amateur Photographer 12/1992
KMZ 20mm F2.5 (MC) MIR-47M	M42		94		16			22	R30	84	63	410		КМЗ 1980 - 1982		center/edge resolution of 60/17 l/mm (primary source unknown)
KMZ 35mm F2.0 (MC) MIR-24M	M42		66		16			30	58	64	62	370		КМЗ 1976
KMZ 35mm F2.0 MC (Auto) MIR-24N	N/F		66		16	6	polygonal	30	58	65	61	350		КМЗ 1980 - 1985		center/edge resolution of 50/22 l/mm (primary source unknown)
KMZ 35mm F1.4 (MC) MIR-46MA/-46MK	M42 \| P/K		64		16			30	58	67	80 \| 74	450		КМЗ 1980		center/edge resolution of 50/20 l/mm (primary source unknown)
Komura 35mm F2.5 Uni Auto	M42	71€			22			50	55			320		1968 - 1984*	*source: usedprice.com; exact front ring imprint is W-Komura, Sankyo Kohki Japan
Leitz Wetzlar 35mm F2.0 Summicron R	L/R	160€	63.4		16				55	66	54	530
Nikon 35mm F2.0 Nikkor	N/AiS	100€			22			30	52				HN-3
Nikon 35mm F1.4 Nikkor	N/AiS	380€	62					30	52				HN-3
Olympus 21mm F2.0 Auto Zuiko	O/OM				16			20	55	58.4	43.2	252			feat. a full focus throw of 90°; also exists as F3.5 version (neither fast nor cheap (app. 200,-))	16-9.net: vs. Zeiss 2.8/21, Canon EF 2.8/16-35L, EF 4/17-40L etc.; Modern Photography (tested 20.15mm F1.91, ...)
Olympus 28mm F2.0 Auto Zuiko	O/OM
Panagor 24mm F2.5 PMC Auto Wide-Angle	C/Y \| M42	45€			22			30	55
Panagor 28mm F2.5 Auto Wide Angle (Ø62)	N	150$			22			30	62
Panagor 28mm F2.5 Auto Wide Angle (Ø67)	O/OM				22			30	67		80		yes*		*Wide Angle Hood for 67mm
Panagor 28mm F2.5 PMC Auto Wide Angle (Ø67)	M42 \| P/K	20€ \|			22			30	67		80
Panagor 28mm F2.0 PMC	P/K	30€							55
Panagor 35mm F2.0 Auto Wide-Angle	M42	24€			16			30	58			265
Porst 24mm F2.5 Extrem-WW MC Auto I	M42				16			30	58							some testing comparison by Jens Roesner
Porst 35mm F1.8 Auto	M42								58							some testing comparison by Jens Roesner
Soligor 24mm F2.5 YS														1978 - 1981
Soligor 24mm F2.5 MC Wide-Auto	M42 \| N/Ai \| P/K	30€ \| 27€ \| 35€			16			30	55					1979
Soligor 28mm F2.5 YS														1976 - 1981
Soligor 28mm F2.5 PMC Auto Wide Angle	N/Ai \| O/OM	9€ (US) \|							67					1979
Soligor 28mm F2.0 C/D (Auto)	N/? \| O/OM \| P/?				16			24	58	63.5	59	306		Tokina 1975	feat. a full focus throw of 270°	Modern Photography (tested 28.8mm f/n.a., ...)
Soligor 35mm F2.0 C/D	N/F							30
Spiratone 24mm F2.5 Plura-Coat By Mitake (Auto)	M42				16			30
Tokina 28mm F2.0 RMC	M42								58
Vivitar 24mm F2.0 MC Auto Wide-Angle (SN 22..., Ø55)	C/Y \| N/Ai \| O/OM \| P/K	\| 61€ \| \|	84	1:9	16			31	55	64	46	264		Kino Precision 1976 - appr. 1978	sometimes labeled RL Edition (was a marketing gag, no difference except 7 years warranty given instead of 5)
Vivitar 24mm F2.0 MC Wide Angle (SN 22..., Ø55)	C/Y \| N/Ai \| O/OM \| P/K	\| 61€ \| \|	84	1:9	16			31	55	64	46	264		Kino Precision appr. 1980 - 1982	sometimes labeled RL Edition (was a marketing gag, no difference except 7 years warranty given instead of 5)
Vivitar 24mm F2.0 MC Wide Angle (SN 28..., Ø52)	N/Ai	127€ (US)			16				52					Komine appr. 1984 - 1986
Vivitar 28mm F2.5 YS														1970 - 1983	listed by Monaghan as well as usedprice.com as T2 mount version
Vivitar 28mm F2.5 Auto Wide-Angle TX (SN 37..., Ø58)	M42 \| N/F \| P/K	25€ \| 15€ (US) \|			16			25	58					Tokina appr. 1975 - 1977
Vivitar 28mm F2.5 Wide-Angle	M42		75		22			30	62	63	40	170		Kino Precision appr. 1982	preset but otherwise identical to the version below
Vivitar 28mm F2.5 Auto Wide-Angle (SN 22..., Ø62)	M42 \| N/F \| O/OM	30€ \| \| 20€ (US)	75		22			30	62	63	40	170		Kino Precision appr. 1978 - 1984	sometimes labeled Auto Vivitar Wide-Angle (1978 - 1983), but more often just Auto Wide-Angle (1981 - 1984)
Vivitar 28mm F2.5 Auto Wide-Angle (SN 22..., Ø67)	M42 \| N/F \| O/OM \| P/K	5€ \| 30€ \| \|	74		22			30	67		1 3/8"			Kino Precision appr. 1974 - 1978	listed in Sears Catalog 1977-78	I either had a very bad copy or this lens is shit in general, at least my own one never reached "sharp" even at the center
Vivitar 28mm F2.0 Auto Wide-Angle	M42 \| N \| O/OM \| P/K	78€ (US) \| \| 55€ (US) \| 65€ (US)	75	1:7.8	16			30	55	64	45	250		Kino Precision 1978 - appr. 1981	rotating front element
Vivitar 28mm F2.0 MC Wide Angle	N/Ai \| P/K	150€ \| 54€			16			30	55					Kino Precision appr. 1978
Vivitar 28mm F2.0 MC Close Focus Wide Angle	M42 \| N/AiS \| P/K	\| 65€ (UK) \| 30€ (CA)	75	1:5	16			23	49			260		Komine 1983 - 1984		Theatre of Noise Review
Vivitar 28mm F1.9 VMC Auto Wide Angle Series 1	M42 \| N/F \| O/OM \| P/K	120€ (US) \| 90€ (US) \| \|	75	1:7.5	16	8	polygonal	30	58	66	61	340		Tokina 1975 - 1978	internal + front lens focus (straight helicoid?) with floating elements	Modern Photography (tested 29.18mm F1.93, ...); Theatre of Noise Review
Vivitar 35mm F2.5 Auto Wide-Angle TX	M42	17,50€			16			27	58	64	54	252 + 40*		Tokina appr. 1976 - 1977	*TX mount adapter
Vivitar 35mm F1.9 Auto Wide-Angle	M42 \| N	22€ \|			22			30	55		69.9	340		Komine appr. 1973 - 1980
Vega 35mm F2.0 MC MIR-24N	N/F				22	6								Вега post soviet
VOMZ 20mm F2.5 MC MIR-47M /-47N /-47K	M42 \| N \| P/K		94		22	6		30	R27	82	65	450		ВОМЗ post soviet	actually (2010) not listed in VOMZ catalog, but by LZOS
Weltblick 24mm F2.5 Auto	M42	29€			16				62
Weltblick 35mm F1.8 Auto	M42	65€			16			50	58
WEP 28mm F2.5 Auto Weiton	M42				22				62

General Notes:
1.)	I try to keep this list 'reasonable'. It is therefore limited to lenses, that can be adopted to Canon EF by means of still making sense. That excludes most zoom lenses, lenses without aperture ring, most middle and big format lenses because of their lower resolution and lenses that have to be corrected by using glass elements in the mount adapter pieces (Canon FD and Minolta). These glass elements are often either low quality or the adapter itself is very pricey. You can use the cheap ones without their glass elements, but this will result in less working distance and loss of infinity focus. Since working distance is already very limited with macro lenses and loss of infinity not really makes sense for wide or tele lenses, this method is not considered a real option, when buying a lens for normal usage.
2.)	Limited EOS compatibility: Useless to say, all lenses in this list are limited in their EOS compatibility. There will be no AF nor In-Focus-Indication and there will be no time priority nor full auto mode due to missing electronic coupling between lens and body. Auto apertures are not available (while this feature will still be very useful for manual focusing). Also, I don't make a distinction between fully manual and preset aperture mechanisms, they are just referred to as manual diaphragms.
3.)	Asahi production periods: M42 preset Takumars 1957-1962, Auto-Takumars 1958-1962, Super-Takumars 1962-1971, Super-Multi-Coated (S.-M.-C.) Takumars early period and SMC Takumars later period of 1971-1976 (source: Frank Mechelhoff) Pentax vintage mount versions: M42: 1957-?, SMC-M: 1975 -?, SMC-A: 1983 - ?
4.)	Soligor series shorties: The C/D series was the top end line with some very good lenses. C/D stands for Computer Designed. The S/M designation seems to be a marketing gimmick like Vivitar's RL or SMS editions. S/M stands for Special Model/Sondermodell.
5.)	A note on Vivitar serial numbers for lenses manufactured between 1970 and 1990 according to Stephen Gandy, complemented with information given by KironKid and Boggy at Kiron-Klub: They (most often) consist of 8 digits, whereof ... 1st two digits tell the manufacturer: 6: Olympus, 9: Cosina, 13: Schneider Optik, 19: Sigma, 22: Kino Precision, 25: Ozone Optical, 28: Komine, 32: Makinon, 33: Asanuma, 37: Tokina, 42: Bauer, 44: Perkin Elmer, 47: Chinon, 51: Tokyo Trading, 56: Kyoe Schoji, 61: Samyang, 75: Hoya Optical, 77: Kobori, 81: Polar - still missing in this list are #0 and #41 3rd digit tells the year (so 5 either means 1975 or 1985 ... you need to know the production period to be sure) 4th and 5th digit tell the production week

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