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.

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/canon/fdresources/fdlenses/earlyfdlenses/24mmfd.htm

JJ

Some people collect lenses. That alone can drive up prices. Where you thinking of trying to convert the FD to EF mount?

Dmitry has done one of those converts. His images with it look great. Canīt remember if it requires a shave on 5D or not, probably it does.

Andre is right i did it some time ago

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.

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/canon/fdresources/fdlenses/earlyfdlenses/24mmfd.htm

JJ

Interesting. Thanks, JJ.

gasrocks wrote:
Some people collect lenses. That alone can drive up prices. Where you thinking of trying to convert the FD to EF mount?

Nope. I was looking for a 55 f/1.2 SSC or a 50L FD for a friend and I just happened across the two 24s. The prices just struck me as odd.

Dim.ka_ wrote:
Andre is right i did it some time ago