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$175.00
from Adolph Gasser San Fr Summary:
I made a lot of money with this lens, bought used twenty years ago. As a result of doing my own scanning I'e discovered that periphery loses critical sharpness @ f16...only used it for transparencies professionally and those were never scanned except on lithographers' drum scanners for brochure and journalism printing, so nobody ever inspected as closely as I do today (my NikonV). Other than that, it's a fabulous lens, even at full 2.8. Almost rectilinear, surprisingly free of distortion. I avoid using it at f/16...no loss, given the tremendous depth of field.
I use several other FD lenses (old type with silver lock ring). The 200/4 is quite good, the 100 2.8 is an ideal carry-around partner with the 24, the 55 macro is the reason I went with F1 instead of migrating from Nikon F to F2 and the "normal" 50/1.4 is INCREDIBLY good. I ignored it for years, but now I look for opportunities to use it. Strengths:
Everything. Even better, now that I found a mint condition BW55 shade for it after 18 years of use :-) Weaknesses:
A little unsharp at f16. I use a lot of 800ei these days....as a result I tend to use faster shutter speeds with this lens, which is OK.
Yes, 24 is hard to focus with an SLR, but that's not criticism. My rangefinders use a Voigtlander 25 that requires zone focusing, has no other provision for focusing, so zone focusing with the 24 Canon is comfortable...lots of depth of field. Similar Products Used:
Nikon...I replaced a pair of Nikon F and various lenses with Canon F1 and equivalent lenses...Nikon optics were nearly as good as Canon... and some Tokina/Vivitar throwaway FD zooms. Customer Service:
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