Yashica's affordable C/Y wide-standard — the ML 35mm f/2.8, multi-coated manual-focus glass for the C/Y mount.
The Yashica ML 35mm f/2.8 was a wide-standard prime for the Contax/Yashica mount, part of Yashica's multi-coated ML line sharing the C/Y bayonet with Contax Zeiss lenses. It offered a native moderate wide at a lower cost.
This is a manual-focus C/Y-mount lens with a 35mm focal length and a maximum aperture of f/2.8. It fits the same bodies as Contax Zeiss glass and belongs to Yashica's better-coated ML series. Other optical figures are omitted where they cannot be verified.
At 35mm the lens is a versatile everyday wide-standard for street, landscape, travel and general use, wide enough for context without heavy perspective distortion. It is compact and easy to carry.
Used copies are common and affordable as a budget wide-standard for C/Y bodies. Look for internal haze, fungus and coating wear, confirm smooth focus and clean aperture blades, and check the front element. It adapts to mirrorless with a C/Y adapter.