A fast prime lens from Canon new FD line. Just serviced. FD lenses are meant for use with Canon manual focus film cameras but can be adapted to various mirrorless digital cameras (adapter is not included here you have buy your own).

These old FD lenses (30+ years old) generally need service to restore their performance. The main culprit is the grease in the lens. After decades of use (or disuse) it usually has separated and the lighter oil part has evaporated and condensed onto the internal glass surfaces to form a film of numerous tiny oil droplets (oil haze) - very detrimental to image quality as it softens the image quite a lot. The oil haze is much worse than a little swirls of cleaning mark on the coating or a few sporadic dust particles inside the lens.

Some of the lenses, if they have experienced hot/cold conditions for example in a storage unit, the lighter oil may have got onto the blades to cause a sluggish or completely stuck aperture. Even if not yet on blades, often the oil has crept close to the aperture cartridge and before long it will get onto the blades. The grease on the focus helicoids may have deteriorated (separated, lighter oil is gone, heavier part has gummed up) to cause a stiff focus ring or very loose focus action with some play. If the lens has been on beach or in dusty environment, the focus action may be gritty.

The lens here has just been serviced. Lens has been disassembled and cleaned inside out. Internal glass surfaces have been cleaned off oil haze. Oil in vicinity of the aperture cartridge as well as gummed up grease at various places has been cleaned off. New helicoid grease added as needed. The lens will serve you many more years without you worrying about those issues mentioned above.

The lens glass is clear and bright. No scratch, fungus or haze. Coating is excellent shape. You may see couple of tiny dusts if you shine strong light through the lens. That's normal and has no effects on lens performance. Aperture blades has no oil and are snappy. Filter threads are good - filters screw on/off without effort. The focus ring turns smoothly and is consistent. The aperture ring clicks to stops positively. Lens is working 100% - tested on camera.

Cosmetically EX+ to near mint or mint-. Lens barrel is very clean. We did not find much noticeable bright spots or scuffs. All lettering is crisp and bright. It is just such that you would know the lens has been handled and it not brand new. Please see photos for cosmetic conditions.

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