monogatari Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Hello everyone, this is my first post. I have a new F1 Canon with a nice 35mm f2.8, i would like to add a 55mm (i find 50mm too close to 35mm), I wanted to be sure to get a lens which is compatible with the camera, especially if i want the aperture priority working properly. So, is the 55mm f.1.2 FL compatible and working with aperture priority or I have to find some newer version? If i need a newer version can you please recommend which one (since there is the aspherical, the non aspherical with silver ring and the non aspherical all black)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Seaman Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Welcome to photo.net. Well, the FL lenses do not have meter coupling, which was introduced with the FD lenses. So there would be no full aperture metering, just stop-down. I did briefly have an FL F/1.2 lens some years ago. I think it was 58mm rather than 55. It wasn't a particularly good lens if I recall correctly, especially at short distances. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik_m Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Hi. As said by John previously FL lenses will work with F-1 camera but with some hassle . Canon has made FD 55mm lenses , f/1.2 very decent ones, even non AL version however they are very big and heavy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryreid Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Tricky, the 55/1.2 FD Aspherical would be ideal but is rare and stratospherically priced. I have owned the plain Jane non-Asph. version but, unfortunately, found it to be big, heavy and not really better than the 50/1.4 with 1.2 being a bit too glowy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monogatari Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 Thank you guys, I guess I will take a 50mm 1.4 because is 1/10th of price of the 55mm and I am sure will work with all automatisms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 The 50mm f/1.4 is probably the best "nifty fifty". Actually the FD version of the "real", lower aperture, nifty-50 is even cheaper and is also very good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monogatari Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 The 50mm f/1.4 is probably the best "nifty fifty". Actually the FD version of the "real", lower aperture, nifty-50 is even cheaper and is also very good. Sorry but i don't understand, what is "nifty"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Seaman Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Nifty is an old fashioned English word meaning fast or quick. "Nifty Fifty" is just a rhyming nickname for certain types of 50mm lens. Another similar rhyming nickname is "Plastic Fantastic", a lightly built plastic bodied lens with surprisingly good image quality. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monogatari Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 Thank you for the explanation... I will go for the nifty fifty/plastic fantastic 50mm 1.4 then, i really need a faster lens becasue for my kind of pictures 400 iso is not enough with a f2.8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Peri Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 I don't see a definition meaning fast/quick: Definition of NIFTY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Seaman Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) I don't see a definition meaning fast/quick: Well, It seems to be a somewhat informal and flexible word in meaning, and at least in the UK it's not heard a lot these days. Perhaps usages are different in other countries. I always assumed it meant quick and efficient. Here's a definition which includes the phrase "quick and skilful". LINK --- NIFTY (adjective) definition and synonyms | Macmillan Dictionary As Humpty Dumpty said, "When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean". Edited December 24, 2020 by John Seaman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 As Humpty Dumpty said, "When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean". Well. I don't know about Humpty Dumpty, but in Henry Fielding’s 1749 The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling: “When I mention religion,” declares Parson Thwackum, “I mean the Christian religion; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Seaman Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 I don't know about Humpty Dumpty It didn't end well for him, I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Smith Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 The FD 50 f1.4 is not a nifty fifty. That would be the FDn 50 f1.8 or the EF 50 f1.8. The f1.4 are/were too pricey to be considered nifty. To me nifty means simple yet efficient and relatively inexpensive. The early FD breechlock lenses are never plastic fantastics either. Robin Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian1664876441 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) The later Canon 50/1.4 FL and FD 50/1.4 SC and SSC have the same optical formula. I picked up the FL 50/1.4 for $30 and converted it to RF coupled M-Mount. Focus shift due to spherical aberration is lower than the Leica Summilux of that period. Nifty- seems like a very good adjective for this lens. The 50/1.4 SSC is first-rate, just not as easy to make a rangefinder coupling for it as the FL. The 50/1.4 SSC and 50/1.4 SC chrome-nose, mine were inexpensive. The SSC came on a Canon EF for $35. The Pop Photo 1976 test of Canon lenses. Edited December 28, 2020 by Brian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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