Canon FD 24mm f/2.8

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.

Everything. Even better, now that I found a mint condition BW55 shade for it after 18 years of use :-)

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.

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.

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Quality optics now available cheaply 2nd hand. I bought this new in 1985 and have enjoyed using it since. Ideal for landscape, indoor and environmental portrait photography. Surprisingly useful for close-up shots.

Good sharpness Minimal distortion Lightweight Durable Smooth focus ring 52mm filter thread

Not easy to focus critically in low-light condition

FD 35mm F2.8 and F2 EF 28mm F2.8

Very light, high quality lens capable of many years of high quality performance. I have consistantly used this lens for over twenty years. This lens exhibits great center sharpness above f4.0, and excellent overall edge to edge sharpness from f5.6 to f16. Color saturation and contrast are excellent. Too bad the Canon FD lenses are not being manufactured since the newer auto-focus lenses feel very plastic, and I doubt that such lenses will last as long as I have had the manual focus Canon FD lenses.

-Extremely sharp lens from f5.6 and up.?xD;?xA;-Very light, and durable, metal barrel.?xD;?xA;-Sharp, contrasty?xD;?xA;-Excellent value for the money.

In my sample, the left 1/3 of the field is out of focus at f2.8 - f4.0 and at all distances and I have tried this lens on various bodies. I don't think it's curvature of field because this anomaly is occurs at all distances and it is not spherical, but linear (only one side is affected). When stopped down, however, this problem is resolved after f5.6 and yields razor sharp images. Flare control is average.

Canon FD 50/1.4, FD 100/4.0 Macro, FD 135/2.8, FD 75-200/4.5

Never Needed for manual focus equipment.