Canon FDn 35-105 F3.5 Zoom Lens. Shoulda' Been L Glass.

 I'm a long time prime lens user who started learning to love zoom lenses when I'm shooting autofocus, more recently with manual focus bodies too. Zoom lenses are a practical alternative in some situations, hear me out. The past few years our summers in Central Canada have been getting steadily hotter and a lot more humid, particularly in the great lakes region. Changing lenses I found last year during a heat dome was frustrating as condensation was forming on the rear element of a lens I'm switching too. You don't get that with a standard zoom. 

In the 1980s camera manufacturers would have a 35-70, 35-105 or a 28-85 focal length zoom most often a variable aperture like say F3.5-4.5, the nice ones getting a constant aperture of 3.5 (3.6 if you are talking Olympus Zuiko lenses). Zooms were convenience, especially for travel as you just have one lens. to lug around instead of three or four. 

With my Canon kit I have two "walk around" zoom lenses. the FDn 28-85 F4 which I hacen't shot with yet, and the 35-105 F3.5 which I have and echo others saying this lens should have been L Series glass. Lens construction is very solid with two touch control, one for the focal length, the other for focusing. I bought it because Summers are getting hotter and having just one lens just makes life easier.  

The end results speak for themselves, the colours from Kodak Pro Image 100 are spot on from my computer. Shooting with the 35-105 lens takes a little getting used to, it has some heft and if you're shooting with say an AE-1, the handling dynamics might be a little awkward due to weight distribution, much less so with an F-1, FTb or EF. That aside if you are a dyed in the wool Canon FD shooter, the 35-105 F3.5 Zoom lens is a great companion for travel and photo walks when you want to run with just one lens. 



Camera: Canon New F-1 AE, FDn 35-105 F3.5 Zoom Lens. 

Film: Kodak Pro Image 100. 




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