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 Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 2:21 pm Post subject: Canon FD 28-50mm f3.5 SSC |
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kryss wrote:
I have this lens but don't seem to find much about it,any and all info would be greatly appreciated. 
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Gerald wrote:
Some good information here:
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/canon/fdresources/fdlenses/fdzooms/2850.htm
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kryss wrote:
Much appreciated Gerald..I have accumulated so many lenses etc. in past 60 years that I keep coming to items I had forgotten and in many cases not ever mounted but are now coming to light since I ventured into Sony & Olympus mirrorless. 
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Oldhand wrote:
From what I have read, this lens is not common. Perhaps not so many were manufactured.
Reports from users suggest that it was well made, of sophisticated design and quite good optically.
I would be interested in your experiences with it Kryss, when you put it through its paces.
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kryss wrote:
OH...thanks for extra info and I will post shots at weekend when I get out as it will be high of 10.C.evidently it has close focus best at long end.I have searched on a few sites and have not seen one for sale so it may be fairly rare.
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Lightshow wrote:
I don't ever recall coming across this lens.
I look forward to seeing what it can do.
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Gerald wrote:
I think this is the first, or one of the first wide-angle zoom lens from Canon, so it is historically interesting. It cost a fortune when new, £460, enough money to buy ten new CZJ Flektogon 35mm F2.4, for example. Due to the high price, the Canon must have sold few units. Not surprisingly, this lens is not well known today.
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kryss wrote:
Thanks again Gerald,I also have the Tamron SP 24-48mm F3.5 which I use frequently and only came across the Canon when cleaning up my hoard so maybe I can sell it for enough to buy a Trioplan 100mm f2.8. 
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kryss wrote:
Thanks to cooltouch, in 1976 it was priced @ 105,000 yen.Using average of yen to dollar @1cent it would be $1050 in todays money and fairly rare also expensive to Mfg.
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| Thanks to cooltouch, in 1976 it was priced @ 105,000 yen.Using average of yen to dollar @1cent it would be $1050 in todays money and fairly rare also expensive to Mfg. |
I checked on the yen to dollar conversion rate in 1976 and it was right at 300 to 1. So that means the list price on this lens would have been $335. In 1976 dollars, that's still a hefty sum. Easily a good week's take home wages for most folks.
I concluded the same -- because it was an expensive lens, I suspect that Canon didn't sell many. According to their museum site, this was Canon's 2nd wide-angle zoom (first was the 35-70 f/2.8-3.5 SSC), and it had performance rivaling primes of its day. I owned the 35-70 SSC for a while and if this 28-50 is at all similar, it's a very well built optic.
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kryss wrote:
cooltouch kindly found a current conversion and $335 in 1976 = $1427.67 in 2016.
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kryss wrote:
Various shots @f2.8- f5.6, And 28mm,35mm & 50mm Sony a7ll
CLICK for large.
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doomed-forever wrote:
It's a good lens for sure, barrel distortion is being noticeable. |
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