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p.5 #1 · The Unofficial FD 35/2 SSC Thread

Very nice, indeed.

Sep 21, 2009 at 08:35 PM

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p.5 #2 · The Unofficial FD 35/2 SSC Thread

The electric tower on the right side of the one f8 shot of the apartment buildings in the distance looks like it has a fair amount of distortion to it as it curves to the left in towards the center of the image.
I like all the close up flower shots, nice and sharp.
How is the CA with this lens?
I think the Rokkor 35 1.8 has more contrast.
Did you get more radiation from the power line above or from the lens?

Nice performance for the price.

Sep 21, 2009 at 09:08 PM

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p.5 #3 · The Unofficial FD 35/2 SSC Thread

wayne seltzer wrote:
The electric tower on the right side of the one f8 shot of the apartment buildings in the distance looks like it has a fair amount of distortion to it as it curves to the left in towards the center of the image.

This is perspective distortion, which is not a lens aberration, but due to my sloppy technique. I was composing to get the top of the tower in the corner.

How is the CA with this lens?

Not to bad. I've only tested LoCA (with my "page of text" test). There is some, but not much. I'll have to test standard CA some time. I haven't seen any at all in the shots I've taken so far.

I think the Rokkor 35 1.8 has more contrast.

Possibly, although PP can have such a huge influence... Ronan's work flow is certainly much different than mine.

Did you get more radiation from the power line above or from the lens?

Far more (several orders of magnitude) from the cigarette I smoked while out there.

Nice performance for the price.

I think so, too.

Sep 21, 2009 at 09:38 PM

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p.5 #4 · The Unofficial FD 35/2 SSC Thread

Does anyone know which version this is? This one has 55mm filter thread and f16 min, breech mount.

This image is copyrighted by the owner

Oct 07, 2009 at 05:09 PM

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p.5 #5 · The Unofficial FD 35/2 SSC Thread

That's the SSC Version I (same as mine, except mine is simply "Canon" not "B&H/Canon") with concave front element and thorium. The Version II goes to f22 and is a different optical design:

Version I: http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/lens/fd/data/17-35/fd_35_2_sscv1.html

Version II: http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/lens/fd/data/17-35/fd_35_2_sscv2.html

I've quit smoking, BTW

Oct 07, 2009 at 05:51 PM

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p.5 #6 · The Unofficial FD 35/2 SSC Thread

Great! Thanks, Paul. I grabbed this one from my local craigslist yesterday. Hopefully will have some time to start the "process"...

Oct 07, 2009 at 06:21 PM

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p.5 #7 · The Unofficial FD 35/2 SSC Thread

good to hear you quit smoking! ;-)

Oct 07, 2009 at 06:32 PM

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p.5 #8 · The Unofficial FD 35/2 SSC Thread

cogitech wrote:

I've quit smoking, BTW

That's great news!

Smoking is stupid behavior destructive to one's body and environment.

Oct 07, 2009 at 08:01 PM

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p.5 #9 · The Unofficial FD 35/2 SSC Thread

AhamB wrote:
cogitech wrote:

I've quit smoking, BTW

That's great news!

Smoking is stupid behavior destructive to one's body and environment.

Indeed. I was only a casual 1 or 2 smokes kind of guy for quite a while, but then it got out of hand and I was up to 10 a day. It was time to call it quits, so I did.

Oct 07, 2009 at 08:03 PM

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p.5 #10 · The Unofficial FD 35/2 SSC Thread

I've just opened the lens. Infinity adjustment is on the side of the helicoid after removing the name ring and the focusing barrel. This should be quick...

Oct 07, 2009 at 09:55 PM

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p.5 #11 · The Unofficial FD 35/2 SSC Thread

debuggerus wrote:
I've just opened the lens. Infinity adjustment is on the side of the helicoid after removing the name ring and the focusing barrel. This should be quick...

Yes. Leon and I found that as well. What we found, though, is that there is not nearly enough adjustment room there to get infinity.

Oct 07, 2009 at 10:35 PM

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cogitech wrote:
Interesting trivia:

In 1973, the list price of this lens was 32,500 JPY.

Let's call that $325 USD.

In today's dollars, that's $1336.93 USD.

Even more intersting trivia...According to the Canon museum site, back in 1968 my FL 55mm f1.2 cost considerably more than that at 36,300 Yen, which is £255 or $408.
The average wage in the UK back then was around £50 per week so it would have taken an entire 5 weeks salary to buy one!...In todays money it would be at least £1500 or about $2400.
However, I have heard that by 1969 the same lens cost £290 ($460) and in todays money thats at least £1800 or $2875!
Understandable I suppose, when you factor in that it was Canons top of the range lens back then.
As far as I can tell the later FD series 55mm f1.2's were'nt any better optically, but at least they got cheaper.

Oct 09, 2009 at 11:02 AM

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Alf Beharie wrote:

As far as I can tell the later FD series 55mm f1.2's were'nt any better optically, but at least they got cheaper.

The exception to that statement would be the 55/1.2 SSC Aspherical.

BTW Alf, please do not try to turn this into another FD 55/1.2 thread. I see you are tying to do it to the Pentax K 50/1.2 thread as well. We all know you love the lens. Give it another good long rest, please.

Oct 09, 2009 at 11:13 AM

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p.5 #14 · The Unofficial FD 35/2 SSC Thread

I agree its off topic but so was your reply that I quoted, so there.

Oct 09, 2009 at 11:53 AM

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p.5 #15 · The Unofficial FD 35/2 SSC Thread

Dont' get carried away with presumed lens value/cost. The yen ratio was much different back then 3-4X different than what it was today. So divide your price speculation by about 4 and that's more accurate.

-Ed

Oct 09, 2009 at 04:39 PM

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Ed Sawyer wrote:
Dont' get carried away with presumed lens value/cost. The yen ratio was much different back then 3-4X different than what it was today. So divide your price speculation by about 4 and that's more accurate.

-Ed

The difference in Yen value from then to now is'nt really important as its a fact that the FL was still being sold for £290 in the UK in 1969.

Oct 09, 2009 at 04:49 PM

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p.5 #17 · The Unofficial FD 35/2 SSC Thread

I guess UK buyers got screwed then. It was a $150-ish (at most) lens around the US at the time.

Oct 09, 2009 at 06:29 PM

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Ed Sawyer wrote:
I guess UK buyers got screwed then. It was a $150-ish (at most) lens around the US at the time.
All that proves is that people in Europe have been getting screwed for years...

Oct 10, 2009 at 12:57 AM

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TWoK wrote:

All that proves is that people in Europe have been getting screwed for years...

Yeah, it all began with The Inquisition.

Oct 10, 2009 at 01:12 AM

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cogitech wrote:
TWoK wrote:

All that proves is that people in Europe have been getting screwed for years...

Yeah, it all began with The Inquisition.

So, would this be considered an off topic post?

Oct 10, 2009 at 03:25 AM

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