Federal 35mm F3.5 Vintage Wide-Angle Cine Mod Prime Lens | Arri PL!

🎬 Federal 35mm F3.5 Vintage Wide-Angle Cine Mod Prime Lens | Arri PL | Full Frame Coverage

This Federal 35mm F3.5 is a vintage Japanese wide-angle prime lens professionally cine-modded by TerPhoto for cinematography, professional video production, narrative filmmaking, music videos, documentary work, interviews, and creative digital cinema use. The lens has been adapted and precisely adjusted for Arri PL mount, making it suitable for professional cinema camera systems and PL-mount workflows.

This lens covers full frame sensors, offering a practical 35mm field of view with a classic vintage rendering style. It is a great choice for filmmakers looking for a compact, lightweight, character-rich prime lens with natural contrast, organic sharpness, gentle vintage softness, and pleasing flare behavior. The 35mm focal length is one of the most useful cinematic perspectives, ideal for handheld shooting, establishing shots, environmental portraits, street scenes, travel films, product videos, music clips, and indie film production.

The aperture has been de-clicked for smooth iris control during video shooting. This allows gradual exposure changes without hard aperture clicks, making the lens much more practical for professional cinematography. A 0.8 pitch follow focus gear has been installed on the focusing ring for accurate focus pulling with standard cine follow focus systems. The lens also includes an 80mm outer diameter cine lens hood, giving the lens a more cinema-ready front profile and better compatibility with matte box setups.

The lens has been fully cleaned, adjusted, aligned, and re-lubricated. Focus movement is smooth and controlled, aperture movement is smooth, and the lens is ready for practical production use. The glass is overall in good vintage condition: cleaned and aligned, free of fungus and serious scratches. There is very minor wear on the glass, typical for vintage lenses, which should not affect the final image. The lens body shows normal cosmetic signs of age and previous use, but this does not affect operation.

Historically, Federal-branded lenses were part of the mid-20th-century Japanese export-lens era, when many compact manual-focus primes were produced for 35mm still photography and sold under distributor or house-brand names. This cine-mod is based on the original Federal 35mm F3.5 still-photo wide-angle lens, likely from the 1960s–1970s Japanese manual lens period. TerPhoto has rebuilt and adapted this vintage optical platform for modern cinema use while preserving its original full-frame vintage image character.

⚙️ Technical Specifications

• Lens Mount - Arri PL
• Focal Length - 35mm
• Maximum Aperture - F3.5
• Minimum Aperture - F22
• Aperture Blades - 12
• Minimum Focusing Distance - 1m
• Filter Size - 46mm
• Focus Type - Manual
• Serial Number - 35153

🎥 Why Choose This Lens?

If you want a compact vintage 35mm prime with real character and professional cinema handling, this Federal 35mm F3.5 Cine Mod is a strong choice. The Arri PL adaptation makes it suitable for serious production setups, while the full frame coverage gives it flexibility across modern cinema cameras. The de-clicked aperture, 0.8 pitch focus gear, smooth re-lubricated mechanics, and 80mm OD cine hood make it much more practical than a standard vintage photo lens. It delivers an organic vintage look with natural contrast, classic wide-angle perspective, and a cinematic feel that works beautifully for indie films, commercials, documentaries, music videos, and stylized video projects.

📦 This Offer Includes

✔ Federal 35mm F3.5 Cine Mod Lens
✔ Arri PL Mount Adaptation
✔ 0.8-Pitch Follow Focus Gear on Focusing Ring
✔ 80mm OD Cine Lens Hood
✔ Front Lens Cap
✔ Rear Lens Cap