Trying out The New FD Mount 35 F2 lens.
I have a pair of Canon New F-1s along with the great leap forward with A-1 and the new pro bodies at the dawn of the 1980s Canon messed around with the FD mount which up until this point was breach lock. Great lenses, some amazing lenses, they weren't light and were a pain to mount to the camera if you were in a rush. Canon came up with the "New" FD Mount which was backwards compatable with any FD mount body Canon made but was easier to mount as it behaved more like a bayonet as opposed to breach lock. The other thing with the New FD mount lenses, they were smaller and a lot lighter due to more use of plastics in manufacturing. Some lenses were better, others not quite so much, most of it quite subjective. I always wanted a lighter 35 F2 FD mount lens, because the older chrome nose with the thorium element weighed a ton. I finally found a FDn mount 35 F2, they have popped up in price thank you to the Re-Housing Lenses for Cinematographers crowd (leave our glass alone!) b...