Tanar's compact reportage wide — the 35mm f/2.8 in Leica Thread Mount.
The Tanar 35mm f/2.8 in Leica Thread Mount is a vintage Japanese wide-angle made by Tanaka Kogaku for its screw-mount rangefinder system. It is a moderate wide from a smaller mid-1950s maker, produced for L39 bodies alongside the company's Tanar normal lenses.
It is a manual-focus rangefinder-coupled lens with a 35mm focal length and a maximum aperture of f/2.8. As a period wide it uses a compact optical design and couples to the rangefinder for focusing on screw-mount and adapted bodies, with 35mm frame lines or an accessory finder used for composition.
The 35mm view is a versatile reportage and street focal length, wide enough for context without exaggerated perspective. At f/2.8 the lens covers general daylight and travel work, sharpening across the frame as it is stopped down toward the middle apertures.
As a vintage lens from a small maker, used copies are relatively scarce and should be inspected for haze, fungus, cleaning marks, coating wear and separation, plus focus feel and aperture oil. Confirm rangefinder coupling and infinity focus. It adapts to Leica M with an LTM-to-M ring and to mirrorless cameras via an adapter.