Canon FD lens question
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stoneinapond
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Do yourself a favor and Google Canon FD lenses. There is a great deal of information out there that you should be aware of before plunging into lens purchases.
As to your particular question, SC stands for a level of lens coating that was applied to lenses of a particular vintage. Some of the earliest lenses had not coating, then came SC, followed by SSC which is the preferred coating. All of these refer to the silver breach ring versions of lenses. These were then superseded by lenses with a black mounting rim. All of these later lenses have the SCC coating, but it is not indicated as such on the lens.
As I said, there is a wealth of information out there and you owe it to yourself to educate yourself fully.
But some of these lenses are really wonderful, especially at the price, and worth pursuing.
Best of luck.
As to your particular question, SC stands for a level of lens coating that was applied to lenses of a particular vintage. Some of the earliest lenses had not coating, then came SC, followed by SSC which is the preferred coating. All of these refer to the silver breach ring versions of lenses. These were then superseded by lenses with a black mounting rim. All of these later lenses have the SCC coating, but it is not indicated as such on the lens.
As I said, there is a wealth of information out there and you owe it to yourself to educate yourself fully.
But some of these lenses are really wonderful, especially at the price, and worth pursuing.
Best of luck.
hyphygreek
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http://www.fdreview.com/ has a lists of all the FD lenses. There's usually reviews of the more popular lenses.
Wikipedia explains the lenses pretty good too. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_FD_lens_mount?wasRedirected=true
I have the 35mm f/2, 50mm f/1.4, and 85mm f/1.8. All SCC coatings. I love all these lenses. You can go to your local photography stores and usually get them for pretty cheap. And for an adapter get ciecio7's fd to m43 adapter on eBay, way more solid then the Fotodiox adapter.
Wikipedia explains the lenses pretty good too. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_FD_lens_mount?wasRedirected=true
I have the 35mm f/2, 50mm f/1.4, and 85mm f/1.8. All SCC coatings. I love all these lenses. You can go to your local photography stores and usually get them for pretty cheap. And for an adapter get ciecio7's fd to m43 adapter on eBay, way more solid then the Fotodiox adapter.