Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 8/1/01 9:38 pm, Douglas Cooper at douglas@metaversalstudios.com wrote: > Okay, I did it. Bid on a Canon F-1 (the Lake Placid model, ie. the second > version of the old F-1 -- completely mechanical, with mirror lockup). Got > it for about $180, with 50mm, which I take it is a good deal. Now I have to > know: how about those FD lenses? Which ones are good, and how do they > compare in general to Leica, to Canon LTM, to new Canon stuff? I take it > they're much more Leica-like than Zeiss-like... I love Canon FD stuff. The 24/2 and the 35/2 and the 85/1.8 or 85/1.4 are great lenses. Especially on my T90! - -- Johnny Deadman http://www.pinkheadedbug.com