Does anyone know what the deal is with this lens? KEH is asking about 500 bucks more than you'd get for a good copy of a EF mount mark I. Adorama has one going for about a grand. Is the lens just so very rare it can demand these prices, or is there some sort of magic in the glass?
I had the FD 24/1.4 SSC Aspherical quite a while ago, back in the film days, and it is nothing special optically but it was certainly a special lens for it's time. I always found it a bit too soft wide open which to my way of thinking is the whole point of this kind of lens anyway. I don't know what changes there were between the FD(n) 24 L and the SSC Aspherical, maybe it's the same lens just with Canons new fangled 'L' marketing.
Andre is right i did it some time ago http://album.foto.ru:8080/photos/pr1/41852/426975.jpg - can not say would it hit the mirror or not, because mine is shaved already.
JohnJ wrote:
I had the FD 24/1.4 SSC Aspherical quite a while ago, back in the film days, and it is nothing special optically but it was certainly a special lens for it's time. I always found it a bit too soft wide open which to my way of thinking is the whole point of this kind of lens anyway. I don't know what changes there were between the FD(n) 24 L and the SSC Aspherical, maybe it's the same lens just with Canons new fangled 'L' marketing.
Dim.ka_ wrote:
Andre is right i did it some time ago http://album.foto.ru:8080/photos/pr1/41852/426975.jpg - can not say would it hit the mirror or not, because mine is shaved already.
