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Canon Lens FD 50mm 1: 1.8
In short
Canon Lens FD 50mm 1: 1.8 and Canon Lens FD 50mm 1: 1.4 are Canon's latest manual focus fifty-kopecks before the switch to Canon EF mount. Canon Lens FD 50mm 1: 1.8 has a simplified and lightweight body, only 5 aperture blades, light weight and small size. Optically, as for the old lens, it is quite good.
Please note that the lens came to my review in a converted form - its rear part of the body frame was removed for use on Nikon cameras with a Nikon F mount. I used it on the camera Sony A7II using Nikon F to Sony FE adapter. The result was an installation of a Canon lens refined for Nikon and mounted on a Sony mirrorless camera.
Canon Lens FD 50mm 1: 1.8
Main technical specifications Canon Lens FD 50mm 1: 1.8
| Review Instance Name | Canon Lens FD 50mm 1: 1.8 5002121 |
| Basic properties |
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| Front Filter Diameter | 52 mm, metal thread for filters. |
| Focal length | 50 mm, EGF for APS-C 1.6X cameras is 80mm, EGF for APS-H 1.3X cameras is 65mm. |
| Zoom ratio | 1 X (this is a fixed lens, it does not have a zoom). |
| Designed by | for full-format film cameras |
| Number of aperture blades | 5 not rounded petals. At an intermediate value between F / 1.8 and F / 2.8, the diaphragm blades form an opening with small notches. |
| Tags | bayonet mount red mark, focus distance scale in meters and feet. IPIG scale for F / 4, 8, 11, 16, 22. Label for working in the infrared spectrum. |
| Diaphragm | from F / 1.8 to F / 22. The lens has an aperture control ring. The ring has labels for F / 1.8, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 22. You can set one additional value between each pair of numbers. The aperture ring has a lock button with a green letter 'A' to set the ring to auto iris (auto iris only works on FD mount cameras). |
| MDF | 0.6 m, maximum magnification ratio 1: 10. |
| The weight | November 170, XNUMX |
| Optical design | 6 elements in 4 groups. The lens does not use special optical elements in its optical design. The image of the circuit is clickable. The same optical design is used by some earlier Canon 50 / 1.8 class lenses. |
| Lens hood | Lens hood BS-52, the lens hood is mounted near the front lens of the lens using special grooves (bayonet type lens hood). |
| Manufacturer country | LENS MADE IN JAPAN (lens made in Japan). |
| Period | Since June 1979, in 1987 it was replaced by the autofocus model Canon Lens EF 50mm 1: 1.8 (I). |
A list of all Canon autofocus fifty dollars is found in the 'Confrontation systems Nikon / Canon. Part 3. Autofocus fifty dollars'.
Converted Canon Lens FD 50mm 1: 1.8 by Nikon F mount
Assembly
Due to the fact that the lens came to me after surgery, I do not have a complete picture of its assembly quality. But I want to note that the aperture ring, like most of the lens barrel, is plastic, and the focusing ring is not rubberized, but still has plastic 'bumps'. Overall, the part of the lens that I reviewed has a 'simple' body. It just so happened, Canon over time simplified and lightened the bodies of the Canon 50 / 1.8 line of lenses, adding more and more plastic.
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm 1: 1.4G SWM and Canon Lens FD 50mm 1: 1.8
Focusing
The focus ring rotates a little less than 180 degrees. During focusing, the front of the body rim extends, while the front lens does not rotate. During focusing, the entire lens block moves. The focus ring moves smoothly. I focused without any problems using the Canon Lens FD 50mm 1: 1.8 on cameras Sony A7II и Nikon D3200.
Canon Lens FD 50mm 1: 1.8
Diaphragm
Canon Lens FD 50mm 1: 1.8 the first fifty dollars, which, unfortunately, began to use only 5 aperture blades. Petals form pronounced nuts in the blur zone. Subsequently, this restriction was transferred to the Canon Lens EF 50mm 1: 1.8 (I) and Canon Lens EF 50mm 1: 1.8 II. On original Canon cameras with an FD mount, the lens had automatic iris control.
Canon Lens FD 50mm 1: 1.8 on Nikon D3200
Image quality
It is believed that Canon Lens FD 50mm 1: 1.8 is the only lens in the Canon NEW FD line that uses Canon SC (Spectra Coating) coating, unlike other lenses that use Canon SSC (Super Spectra Coating) coating. It is likely that there is no real difference in the clarity between Canon Lens FD 50mm 1: 1.8 and other FDn lenses, and the SC specification for Canon Lens FD 50mm 1: 1.8 may be a marketing ploy that sets other lenses apart from the 'unpretentious standard 50mm lens'. Be that as it may, Canon Lens FD 1mm 1.8: XNUMX is very afraid of backlighting. It also loses contrast in side light. In my a small video on the quality of bokeh Canon Lens FD 50mm 1: 1.8filmed on Sony A7II, you can see the level of glare while working against the sun.
The optical design of the lens is reminiscent of a conventional Planar. A lot of lenses from the last century are a modernized double Gaussian lens (Planar is also its version). The optical properties of these lenses are very similar. Canon Lens FD 50mm 1: 1.8 does not stand out in anything special - it is quite sharp at F / 1.8 with a nice unpretentious pattern and strong vignetting at F / 1.8. At closed apertures, the lens is very sharp, with a low level of chromatic aberration.
In general, optically Canon Lens FD 50mm 1: 1.8 is similar to many unpretentious, but productive fifty dollars of the last century.
You can download RAW + JPEG source files at this link (61 files in '.JPG' + '. ARW' format, 831 MB). Video from 'bokeh' for this lens can be viewed here.
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How to use FL/FD/FDn mount lenses
To use a Canon FL, Canon FD, or Canon FDn mount lens on modern mirrorless cameras, you should use the appropriate adapter:
- Canon RF/RF-S: adapter FD/FDn/FL -> RF/EOS R
- Canon EF-M: adapter FD/FDn/FL -> EF-M/EOS M
- Sony NEX/ILCE/IMCE/FE/E: adapter FD/FDn/FL -> NEX/ILCE/FE/E
- Nikon Z: adapter FD/FDn/FL -> Z
- Panasonic L / Sigma L / Leica L/T/TL: adapter FD/FDn/FL -> L
- fujifilm x: adapter FD/FDn/FL -> X/FX
- Samsung NX: adapter FD/FDn/FL -> NX
- Micro 4/3 (Panasonic/Olympus): adapter FD/FDn/FL -> M4/3
- Nikon 1 : adapter FD/FDn/FL -> N1
The adapters are suitable for FL, FD and FDn mount lenses, these mounts are backwards compatible. But using lenses with a Canon FL / Canon FD / Canon FDn mount on SLR cameras is difficult due to the long working distance. In such cases, a corrective lens adapter must be used, which will degrade the image quality.
Results
The Canon Lens FD 50mm 1: 1.8 is the last of Canon's 50 / 1.8 manual 50mm lens with the old FD mount. Unfortunately, old FD mount lenses cannot be used on Canon EOS SLR cameras without a special lens correction adapter (the lens will degrade image quality). But these lenses are very easy to use on any interchangeable lens mirrorless camera. Canon Lens FD 1mm 1.8: 5 has a simple plastic body and only 1.8 aperture blades. Optically, the lens is not perfect - it is very afraid of flare and has strong vignetting at F / 24. But still, on a modern XNUMX MP full-format camera, it keeps up with dignity.
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it would be necessary to smoke canon's telephoto portraits ...
There is one in the review - https://radojuva.com.ua/2015/06/canon-fd-135-mm-3-5/
135 still a bit long on the crop. ((
But I managed to get the kaleinar-5N, for just a thousand rubles!
Just some kind of communism
funny thing - on the Internet flea markets, in our city, they sell industrial 50-2 for 700 rubles, geliks for 1,5-2,5 thousand, Jupiters37 from 3-3,5.
And then you go into an ordinary antiquarian, and there the calenar, along with Kiev, for a thousand, all these geliks and industars 26 and 50-2 - 300-400 rubles on the shelves gathering dust.
The prices on the internet, in Ukraine, are even less, but the antique shop is cool, everyone would like this :) True, there are interesting offers on the internet too (both literally and figuratively) - I saw the old Nikon's manual fifty dollars being sold, from the recent Arcadia review, $ 200 off asking.
And in what city are such antiquaries?
The drawing is similar to the modern fifty fifty mark two. Thanks for the review Arkady
Yes, it looks like their optical designs are similar.
Hello to everyone, and especially to our esteemed admins! Tell me, if you attach a Canon FD lens to a canon ef / efs system without a corrective lens, it will not focus at all? Or will it be like a macro lens? And if it’s macro, then will there be a difference between buying a macro lens, and such a masks
Focusing will be, but its influence on the result will be many times weaker than in normal mode. The lens will work like a macro lens. This fifty dollars is not designed to work in macro mode, otherwise it would have a lower MDF (at least 40 cm), therefore the macro quality would be worse than in a highly specialized lens.
I will challenge it;) Actually, the mdf is 60cm from saving on the amount of material and the length of the thread of the helicoid, the optics themselves are more designed to work in the near field than in the far field, closer to mdf much better with aberrations and sharpness than already 5-6 meters.
You know, the “quality mark” looks much nicer than nuts and circular saws, so there is something in 5 petals!
By the way, I agree, I also like pentahedrons more than nuts and saws. When I shoot Industar-69, I even like these quality marks)
Arkady will take a decent photo on a bucket with a hole. This should be considered if you are planning to buy a camera or lens from a review)))
There is exactly such a lens. And there is a film Canon with which it was bundled. At one time this kit served well ... Today I decided to put this fifty kopeck piece through an adapter without a lens on the Canon-400D. As expected, it only works as a macro lens. But a problem arose that I did not expect: the aperture does not close, the lens works only on an open hole. Accordingly, the depth of field is very small (I attach a picture). Can you do something about it? I mean, get the diaphragm to work? By the way, I have the same story with the Mayer domiplane: it works only when it is open, the diaphragm does not close. There are no such problems with Helios-44M (just switch it from the machine gun to manual mode). Perhaps I am doing something wrong?
Perhaps, when installing the lens on the adapter, you will need a more thorough pairing (orientation) of the leash on the adapter and the lever (jump).
Il ya un ergo plus grabd que l'autre et il faut le bouger pour que le diafragme se mette à la bonne position OU démonter et enlever le ressort de rappel de cet ergot
Jarohi obiektiv. Fotohope mozna vitinut iho 40%. Economic news.
Perhaps, when installing the lens on the adapter, you will need a more thorough pairing (orientation) of the leash on the adapter and the lever (jump).
Canon Lens FD easily convert to Canon EOS with a simple or chip adapter
with preservation of infinity. I can help with that.
Sincerely, Alexander Fedorovich.
How much will the cost of reworking on eos be?
Depends on the adapter with or without chip and material aluminum, brass. from 1t.r-1.5t.r. average.
Good day! An interesting alteration from fd to eos.
How to contact you?
Hello. Soon there will be a Samsung nx1000. I want to take something from the old canons. I don’t understand, but the Canon FD and Canon FDn mounts, how do they differ from each other? Is the adapter for them the same or different?
As far as I understand, this concerns more attachment of the object to the carcass of the old FD shny canons. In short, the old cameras had a ring - inserted - turned. FDn, according to the principle usual for all manufacturers - I inserted it by the label and turned it with the object on the carcass. In short, I put both these and those on the mikra through the transition. No difference.
Misprint - read the object on the carcass as the object on the carcass. Don't worry, buy the transition and go to the Sony Panas look and to hell with where else. On ordinary ff and crops without a lathe in any way)))
Canon Lens FD 50mm 1.8 better than Soviet Helios lenses?
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canon 50 1.8 Sony A7r, I like my lens - sharpness on the face and on the cans on the left (aperture 1.8)
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