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Canon New-FD 24mm f/2.0
Condition: Near Mint.
Note: The Lens is said to be sharper than the L version. I can attest, it IS exceptional!
Includes: Both Caps and Canon BW-52C hood. Free Shipping.
Price: $395 _________SOLD__________
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Canon FD 135mm f/2.5
Condition: Excellent+
Includes: Both Caps and built in hood. Free Shipping.
Price: $125 _________SOLD__________
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Canon FD 50mm f/1.4 S.S.C.
Condition: Excellent+
Includes: Both Caps. Free Shipping.
Price: $115 _________SOLD__________
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Canon New-FD 135mm f/2.8
Condition: Excellent+
Includes: Both Caps and built in hood. Free Shipping.
Price: $85 _________SOLD__________
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Canon FL 200mm f/3.5
Condition: Very Good! Glass is pristine!
Includes: Both Caps. Free Shipping.
Price: $95 _________SOLD__________
Prices are firm unless you're getting more than one - PM me for details.
Also to note is that all New-FD lenses include S.S.C. coating according to the information sites.
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I'm using them on the digital GH1 and I think they can be adapted to the Canon APS-H and APS-C cameras too. Besides the M4/3 and that they can also be used on the Sony NEX cameras and the 4/3 cameras like the Olympus's.
There may be others too but I dunno for sure. All of them can of course be used reversed.
Recently I received a PM that I thought would be beneficial to post for all to see - so here goes:
Q: I'm interested in the 135mm range; what, besides f/stop would be the difference in the two you list? Either one notably "better" in sharpness or overall feel. I'd be using this on my Panasonic G1.
A: Sorry it took me so long... I decided to sleep first. Yay for sleep!
Anyway, I went through my old test shots and went to the park today for 187 more in a heads up between the two.
They're basically identical in sharpness and most IQ attributes except that one opens to 2.5 and the other is 2.8. At 2.5 the bokeh is noticeably blurrier but I suppose only if you look at them side by side. So the main differences are really just in ergonomics:
The 2.8 is 450g
The 2.5 is 600g
They both clear the flash on the GH1.
Neither rotate the filter threads with focusing - so will be good with polarizing filters and EX filters.
The 2.5 is more rare so might keep is resale value better.
The 2.5 is only S.C coating.
The 2.8 is S.C.C. coated. (although I only noticed the difference when shooting directly into the Sun in todays flare tests! - I suppose the 2.8 will win in most high contrast tests wide open to about f/5.6.)
There's a tad less CA in the 2.5 version but both control CA exceptionally well. I really have to try to see any at all - and then it's only around very high specular highlights. Like the Sun reflecting or refracting through a water droplet etc. There's, like, zero CA around tree branches against a bright sky etc. when stopped down even just one click. WO there was some but not more than I see in $1,000 lenses. I was surprised how good they both controlled CA.
Both focus very smoothly. Not as good as a takumar but very smooth indeed. The 2.8 has less dampening and therefore will be a little better for near action - like small birds on the ground nearby or maintaining focus on a car speeding toward you. While the 2.5 will be better for fine focus adjustments like birds in a tree, floating ducks in the middle of a pond or a car speeding down a country road off in the distance. Both have the same focus throw of about from 12:00 o'clock ~ 8:00 o'clock which is about 235 degrees.
In both lenses the built-in hoods do a very good job or cutting flare cause from internal barrel reflections from cross lighting.
In the end, if you like lightweight kits the 2.8 is the one for you. If you're into historical aesthetics of camera equipment or want the brighter blurrier advantages - not minding the extra weight - then the 2.5 is the one to go for.
Either one out-resolves my res-chart which goes to 2,000 LPP - meaning that both of these are exceptionally sharp.
Not entirely true I'm afraid. There are three types of adapters for FD to EF mount adaptation AFAIK. One uses no lens elements and does not allow for focus to infinity - it'll get you out there tho... I dunno exactly, maybe 5 or 10 meters? Another type uses a lens element and will achieve infinity focus. Of this second type there are several makers. Some are crap and some are so-so. The one made by Canon is supposedly excellent although, 1) I haven't been able to get one cheaply, and 2) I don't (yet!) have a camera body sporting the EF mount. The third type turns any FD lens connected to it into a close-focus (near macro) lens - again, I dunno exactly but I guess infinity = 2 or 3 meters. Here are some examples of the different types:
I think many people are. In the past 4 or 5 days I've had 6 people ask me if the 24/2 was still available. I guess that means it'll be gone soon. (?) I tried to price it under everyone else. On e-pay it's $560 ~ $425 (no hood) after shipping so I made mine $395 including shipping and with the hood. It sure is a sharp bugger! I know I'll miss it.
Edit:
It sold... Just waiting for the cash to clear.
