topic Re: will lens FD50mm fit to camera Canon A-1 in EF & RF Lenses

will lens FD50mm fit to camera Canon A-1

DavidElisha — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 09:39:43 GMT

Hi,

My question is:
Will an old style lens (manual, not auto focus) FD50mm/1.2 fit and be OK for Canon manual cameras (such as A1, FT, AT-1, FTb, T70)?

Thank you

Re: will lens FD50mm fit to camera Canon A-1

ebiggs1 — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 11:38:33 GMT

The EF lens mount replaced the previous FD lens mount which mainly supported manual-focus lenses in 1987. As long as you don't have an EOS camera, FD lenses will work, so, yes. You are good to go.

The Canon FD 50mm f/1.2 L Aspherical Floating-Element lens is the best 50mm MF lens ever made by anybody.

Better than anything that Nikon or Leica ever made. If this is the lens you have it is fantastic but can not be converted or adapted to EF. They still command a pretty high price tag in the five to six hundred dollar range.

Re: will lens FD50mm fit to camera Canon A-1

DavidElisha — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 11:46:11 GMT

Thank you very much for your kind and detailed answer, which is everything I needed.

All the very best,

David