Canon F-1 and FDn L Series 20-35 F3.5 Zoom Lens Test Drive

 Gear Acquisition Syndrome hit hard back in January, some gear got sold (black Nikon FM with a dead meter and the Canon A-1 which I kinda regret buying), I wound up buying another early Canon F-1 from Halton Camera Exchange, it had been overhauled and the meter converted to 1.5v batteries (yay!). it came with the FD SC 50 F1..8 lens, not a bad bit of glass but not one of the stunners in the Canon line up, that will be switched out with a 50 F1.4 SSC lens. 

GAS hit harder when I bought the FDn L Series 20-35 F3.5 lens which is a legend with Canon FD shooters, while I have primes of the 24, 28 and a chrome nose 35 F2 with the thorium element, having a zoom that covers from 20-35mm focal lengths is great for travelling and hiking. The lens itself is an easy to use two touch control for focal length and focusing, having been in the Nikon universe for the past six months, it took a bit to re-aquaint with Canon zoom, sadly a few frames were off at the start of the roll, oh well.  


Camera: Canon F-1, FDn L Series 20-35 F3.5 Zoom Lens. 

Film: Ilford HP5 400 pushed to 800 ISO, Ilfotec HC 1+31. 



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