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stevemark
Joined: 29 Apr 2011 Posts: 3751 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2022 9:44 pm Post subject: Canon new FD 2.8/14mm L |
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stevemark wrote:
It seems there's no dedicated thread yet for this lens here on mflenses.com.
I recently had the opportunity to take images of this rare and extremely expensive beast, and I look forward to test it shortly. For time being, here's an image of the lens
Not long ago, this lens was sold for about CHF 500.-- here in Switzerland ... I really should have bough one back then! These days, a nice nFD 2.8/14mm goes for USD 10'000.--.
Frankly I have no idea why the prices for certain Canon FD lenses have exploded during the last year, but maybe someone can enlighten me ...??
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blotafton
Joined: 08 Aug 2013 Posts: 1534 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2022 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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blotafton wrote:
Cool! Isn't it the videographers that like FD lenses? And they want whole kits not just one lens. It's the same with Carl Zeiss and even Sekor C lenses. |
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stevemark
Joined: 29 Apr 2011 Posts: 3751 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2022 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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stevemark wrote:
blotafton wrote: |
Cool! Isn't it the videographers that like FD lenses? And they want whole kits not just one lens. It's the same with Carl Zeiss and even Sekor C lenses. |
Yeah but USD 10'000.-- for a nFD 2.8/14mm L? Or USD 15'000.-- for the nFD 1.4/24mm L? Seriously?!
Why not take either the early EF 2.8/14L and 1.4/24L which have more or less the same optics? And you can get the visibly better "II" versions of the EF lenses for about CHF/USD/EUR 1000.-- ...
I don't understand it. I think it's collctors madness, but maybe I'm wrong.
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cooltouch
Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 9097 Location: Houston, Texas
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2022 1:18 am Post subject: |
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cooltouch wrote:
I had the rare opportunity to try out one of these amazing optics after a friend of mine just bought it. The field of view was simply amazing, and it appeared sharp as a tack from corner to corner.
Once an item has been adopted for use with movie studios, the price of it goes out the window. This has been going on with popular lenses for some time. Years ago, a hot lens with the movie crowd was the Canon 150-600mm L Zoom. A Hollywood company, Century Precision Optics, would buy these lenses, then convert them for video use, which involved fairly heavy retrofitment. The result was a lens they may have paid a couple thousand $$ for that sold for well over $10k -- and this was like 30 years ago.
About that time -- about 30 years ago -- I visited a Hollywood photo/video shop to buy an adapter they had in stock for a telephoto I owned. I was stunned by the price tags on some of the items they had on the floor. I will never forget this tripod they had -- a pretty sturdy one, yes. But their price tag was $10,000. For a tripod! It was at that moment that I realized why movie budgets are so high. It's because, among other things, they buy stuff from suppliers like that store in Hollywood.
So, anyway, it doesn't surprise me a bit, now that movie people have fixated on something, like that 14mm lens, its price goes through the roof. _________________ Michael
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Slalom
Joined: 10 Dec 2017 Posts: 151 Location: Stourbridge
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2022 11:08 am Post subject: |
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Slalom wrote:
Also with Mirrorless, FD that used to be difficult on FE for Canon became easy with the much reduced register distance. |
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Gardener
Joined: 22 Sep 2013 Posts: 950 Location: USA
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2022 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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Gardener wrote:
stevemark wrote: |
Yeah but USD 10'000.-- for a nFD 2.8/14mm L? Or USD 15'000.-- for the nFD 1.4/24mm L? Seriously?! |
Don't ask questions, if you've got one - take the money and run. |
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