paulo_bernardo_trindade Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Hi I saw in net that canon made a lens fd 17mmf2.8......its true? what you know about this? tanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_bielecki1 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 No, Canon never made an FD 17mm F2.8 lens. They made a 17mm F4.0 lens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Canon has an excellent on-line museum for both lenses (View by series - Canon Camera Museum) and cameras ) and for cameras (in the same general URL area). The 17mm lenses in the FD mount are Search by product name - Canon Camera Museum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crowe Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 P.S. Don't know why I did not mention how good it is. It was my main lens for 15 years. It was sharp and contrasty and seemed similar in image quality to the Nikon 14/2.8 that I replaced it with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryreid Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 The 17/4 was quite good indeed. I had the breechlock SSC version for a number of years and was happy with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_hartemink Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 I read this article about someone owning a FD 17mm f/2.8, most likely a one-of-kind prototype. [•] Canon FD 17mm F2.8 lens information Update and feature on Japan Camera Hunter bag 1500 — Steemit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crowe Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Looks real enough. Certainly not mentioned in the Canon museum. Obviously a New FD prototype. Possibly developed to closely to the advent of EOS and never taken any further. Possibly reworked into the EF 17-35/2.8 L. When I switched from the FD 17/4 I was taken aback by the significant moustache distortion of the Nikon 14/2.8. The FD 17 was pretty much free of any distortion. Stuck with the 14/2.8 for seven years before switching to the EF 17 TS-E. Canon certainly has a good bloodline of 17mm lenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awahlster Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 LOL easiest way to describe the 17mm f4.0 is it was the best lenses made in the FD mount in that focal length nothing else came even close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary_d1 Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Very good lens. Picked up on ebay a few years ago for use with my F1-N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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