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The '''Canon FD 50mm f/1.8''' was the default "normal" lens on [[Canon]] FD systems. While its more expensive alternative, the [[Canon FD 50mm f/1.4]] set the standard for image quality in the FD system, the f/1.8 was a very capable lens.
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The '''Canon FD 50mm f/1.8''' is the default "normal" lens on [[Canon]] FD systems. It has six glass elements in four groups. The example illustrated has the original FD mount, with a 'breechlock' (i.e a twist-ring to fasten the lens on). Four versions of the lens in this fitting are listed at the Canon Camera Museum,<ref>[http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/lens/fd/50-85.html Standard and short telephoto lenses] at the [http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/index.html Canon Camera Museum].</ref> and one in the bayonet New-FD fitting.<ref>[http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/lens/nfd/data/50-100/nfd_50_18.html New FD 50 mm f/1.8], also at the Canon Camera Museum.</ref>
  
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Owing to their high quality and low cost, and their good performance in low light, there were more of them sold than any other Canon FD lens. Now there are so many out there that a Canon FD 50mm f/1.8, in excellent condition, can be had these days very cheaply ([http://search.ebay.com/FD-50mm-1-8 eBay]).
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More of them were sold than any other Canon FD lens (mostly with a camera).
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Revision as of 23:01, 3 June 2012

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Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 (breechlock version)
image by Sixtyfour (Image rights)

The Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 is the default "normal" lens on Canon FD systems. It has six glass elements in four groups. The example illustrated has the original FD mount, with a 'breechlock' (i.e a twist-ring to fasten the lens on). Four versions of the lens in this fitting are listed at the Canon Camera Museum,[1] and one in the bayonet New-FD fitting.[2]

More of them were sold than any other Canon FD lens (mostly with a camera).


Notes

  1. ↑ Standard and short telephoto lenses at the Canon Camera Museum.
  2. ↑ New FD 50 mm f/1.8, also at the Canon Camera Museum.


Links

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