Specs:

Focal length: 35mm	Weight: 330g
Optical design: 8 elements in 6 groups	Mount: M42
Aperture: f/2 to f/16 6 bladed aperure Auto or Manual	Covers: Standard 35mm film size (24×36 mm negative)
Closest Focus: 0.3m (1ft)	Filter Size: 58mm (non-rotating)

Image quality


Build quality

It's all metal and are very solid and well built.
The feel of this is also very good.


Conclusion

I really like this lens!
It looks and feels great and it can give some nice quality images.

Wide open is fairly sharp and is also quite well corrected for a flat focal plane.
So not that much corner softness but you do however get some noticeable glow.
Find the bokeh to look very nice in most cases but also quite ugly in a few others.
Renders well with good contrast but some of that is lost wide open with its glow.

Somewhat big lens but that's quite common for this focal length and a f/2 aperture.
Also the 0.3m (1ft) closest focus can be very handy.


Thumbs up:
Image quality
Build quality
Bokeh (but this can look a little off in some cases)
Closest Focus of 0.3m (1ft)

Thumbs down:
Glow wide open

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Technical Info

Analogue
Camera: Chinon CEII Memotron
Scanner: Plustek OpticFilm 7600i
Film: AGFA CINEREX (X-ray film)
Developer: Kodak Xtol

Digital
Canon 500D with lens mount adapter