Canon FD 50-300mm

Canon FD 50-300mm:

This rare, parfocal zoom from the Canon FD series has a pleasing vintage look, preserved from its initial release in 1982. This zoom covers an amazing 6x range from standard to telephoto, in a reasonably compact housing. Much like the FD primes, this lens performs very well wide open, but still has some beautiful character that most modern lenses just don’t have. Bokeh has some interesting texture, but still smooth. Flares are really beautiful, which isn’t always the case with lenses that cover this range. On the technical side, the lens is parfocal, like all proper cinema zooms, and has zero ramping when zooming. Close focus has been greatly improved, and focus rotation is very generous, giving you excellent spacing of focus marks, even at the long end. The iris has been replaced with a new 15 blade circular iris, so no more 8-sided stop-sign shaped bokeh when stopped down. The Canon FD 50-300mm lens is an excellent companion to many of the vintage primes we offer, especially full frame primes, which until now didn’t have many options for complimentary vintage full frame zooms. The lens now has a PL mount, and industry standard 0.8 gears. It has a standard 136mm front diameter, and is 4×5.65 matt box friendly. It can accept a 3/8” lens support.

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