Canon FD lenses are the little (or let‘s say older) sisters of the K35 Lenses. The 24mm, 55mm and 85mm use exactly the same source glass as being used in the production of the K35 lenses end of the 70ies. Canon decided back then to get into the cine lens market and used as a base glass the aspherical Canon FD photo lenses to build the K35 cine lenses. The 35mm and the 18mm e.g. are made based on the 55mm and the 24mm with an internal wide angle element. The coating is therefore exactly the same as you can find in the Canon FD series. The FD series as you know today was extended by the (rehoused) Canon FDs Photo lenses above and below 24mm and 85mm, so you have a wider range of focal length by having the same feel of the K35 lenses. If you compare a K35 24mm, 55mm, and 85mm with the same rehoused Canon FD (aspherical SSC) you won‘t see any optical difference. This made the rehoused Canon FD series so popular, when Large Format came into fashion. Summing up the Canon FD TLS are exactly the same glass extended to a wider range of focal lengths.

We also offer the Canon FD Zoom 50-300mm T4.9 / F4.5 L as an extension for much longer focal lengths. The Canon FD 50-300 comes from he same generation as the 14mm FDL. S.S.C. Coating !