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Mamiya 645 AF 35mm f/3.5

Mamiya · Mamiya 645 AF · 2001

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Also known as: Mamiya AF 35mm f/3.5 · Mamiya 645AF 35mm f3.5 · Mamiya 645 AF 35mm f/3.5 · Mamiya AF35mm F3.5 · Mamiya AF 35mm f/3.5 D · Mamiya 35mm f3.5 D · Phase One 35mm f/3.5 D · マミヤ AF 35mm F3.5 · マミヤ645AF 35mm F3.5 · マミヤ AF 35mm F3.5 D

Variants & identification

Variant Mount Years Serial ranges Production
Mamiya AF 35mm f/3.5 (original) Mamiya 645 AF 2001 — —
Mamiya AF 35mm f/3.5 D Mamiya 645 AF — — —
  1. Element count, angle of view, closest focus, magnification, filter size, dimensions and weight for the original are from Mamiya's 645AF Interchangeable Lenses instruction sheet (cameramanuals.org); the D lens's figures come only from the Wikipedia lens table and match Mamiya's for the original.
  2. The 2001 first year is inferred from the lens's absence from Mamiya's launch-era sheet and its presence in the 645AFD manual, whose body shipped in December 2001 (camera-wiki); no source consulted gives Mamiya's announcement date.
  3. No source consulted gives the aperture blade count, a list price, or the year of the D version.
How to tell them apart (expand)
  • AF 35mm f/3.5 with or without D on the name ring; no aperture ring; an AF/MF selector ring on the barrel that no other prime in the line has
  • Both versions are 9 elements in 7 groups, focus to 0.35 m and take 77 mm filters, the largest thread among the primes (Mamiya sheet; Wikipedia table)

Mamiya AF 35mm f/3.5 (original):

  • Name ring reads AF 35mm f/3.5 with no D; no aperture ring (Mamiya instruction sheet)
  • Mamiya's instruction sheet: 9 elements in 7 groups, 90° angle of view, f/22 minimum, 0.35 m closest focus, 0.15× magnification, 77 mm filter, bayonet hood, 62 mm long, 84 mm diameter, 480 g
  • The only lens in the line that switches between AF and MF by turning an AF/MF selector ring on the barrel rather than sliding the focus collar; the body's focus mode lever must be at S or C for the ring to engage AF (Mamiya sheet)
  • Reversible petal hood; metal barrel (pebbleplace review)

Mamiya AF 35mm f/3.5 D:

  • D after the aperture on the name ring; Japanese Wikipedia lists the family as AF 35mm F3.5 D
  • Wikipedia's lens table gives the D the same 9 elements in 7 groups, 0.35 m, 77 mm filter and 480 g as the original

Specifications

Formula
9 elements in 7 groups (Mamiya 645AF Interchangeable Lenses instruction sheet)
Construction
9 elements / 7 groups
Aperture range
f/3.5–f/22
Min. focus
0.35 m
Dimensions
84 × 62 mm
Weight
480 g
Filter
77 mm
Years manufactured
2001
Country
Japan
Coating
Multicoated: Mamiya America's 2000 lens brochure describes every element as coated with Mamiya's proprietary multicoating; the D lens carries coatings redesigned for digital sensors (dpreview, 2015)

What reviewers say

Optical Ratings

Aggregated from the reviews above — follow the links for the full picture.

Chromatic aberration
not obvious
Vignetting
noticeable wide open
Flare & ghosting
veils into sun
Distortion
slight barrel

History

The AF 35mm f/3.5 is the wide-angle that Mamiya added to the 645AF line after the launch, a 90° lens that stands in for a 22mm on 35mm film. Mamiya’s instruction sheet gives nine elements in seven groups, f/22 minimum, 0.35 m closest focus at 0.15×, a 77 mm filter thread, a bayonet hood, 62 mm length, 84 mm diameter and 480 g. It has no aperture ring, and it is the odd one out mechanically: where the other primes switch to manual focus by sliding the focus collar, the 35mm has an AF/MF selector ring on the barrel, which only works with the body’s focus mode lever at S or C. It is a different lens from the manual-focus Sekor C 35mm f/3.5 of the M645 mount.

Dating is by elimination. The lens is missing from Mamiya’s earliest 645AF lens sheet, which lists the 45, 55, 80, 210 and 300, and present on the later sheet and in the manual of the 645AFD, the body of December 2001, which names the 35mm among the lenses that use the body’s M mode. The catalog therefore gives 2001 and flags it. Two versions exist: the original AF 35mm f/3.5, still the version on camera-wiki’s autumn 2008 list, and the AF 35mm f/3.5 D of the Phase One era, which Wikipedia lists with identical construction, closest focus, filter and weight. Wikipedia glosses the D as optimised for digital sensors, and Damien Demolder’s 2015 field test describes the treatment as redesigned coatings and an adjusted exit light path behind unchanged barrels. No source consulted dates the D.

The reviews are consistent about its character. The pebbleplace review, shot on both Mamiya and Phase One bodies, finds soft corners and noticeable fall-off at f/3.5, stunning detail by f/8 to f/11, a little barrel distortion that corrects easily, no obvious colour fringing, and veiling flare into the sun because the petal hood is shallow; it calls the 35mm the easiest lens in the line to autofocus and a great budget lens, and sees no reason to pay the D’s premium. Teo Totev’s comparison on digital backs rates it 5 for sharpness and 5 for bokeh, behind the 45mm and 80mm. Michael Reichmann, using it on a Phase One 645 in 2009, counted it among the Mamiya lenses that all performed very well. The f/3.5 aperture makes the finder a little dimmer than with the f/2.8 lenses.

When buying, turn the AF/MF selector ring through both positions with the body’s lever at S, check that the reversible petal hood seats in the right orientation (Mamiya’s sheet warns of vignetting if it is misaligned), and inspect the rear electronic contacts. The 77 mm front takes the same filters as the 300mm and 75-150mm; Mamiya recommends a wide circular polariser to avoid vignetting.

What remains open: the exact announcement date, the aperture blade count, list prices, and the year of the D version.

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This history is AI-written, from the sources listed at the foot of the page. Where the record is silent it says so rather than filling the gap — but no human wrote these sentences.

Example photos

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Live listings

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Sources (11)

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