Canon New FD 28mm F2.8 - Best Vintage Lens for Street Photography?

Introducing the Canon New FD 28mm F2.8 wide angle prime lens.
An unintentional acquisition having submitted a low auction bid of US$21 and winning!
Initial test results surpassed expectations and raised the question as to whether a cheap lens can be used to create good photos?
Examples provided from recent travel to Thailand and include images taken within the Queens Theatre projector room (the theatre closed in 1977 - it is a remarkable time capsule).
00:00 Introduction
01:06 Specifications
03:47 FD Mount Adapter Options
05:22 Production Date Determination
05:35 Pricing & Availability
06:50 Build Quality
07:44 Design Weaknesses
08:05 Addressing Manual Focus
09:10 Applications
09:54 Performance
10:09 Sharpness
10:59 Distortion
11:23 Colour Rendition
12:17 Vignetting
12:51 Chromatic Aberration
13:17 Coma
13:32 Focus Transition
13:53 Bokeh
14:34 Lens Flare
15:10 Proposition & Conclusion
Lens: Canon New FD 28mm F2.8
Adapter: Novoflex NEX/CAN
Camera: Sony A7r IV
Adaptable to Nikon DSLR and Sony, Nikon, Leica, Canon and Fujifilm mirrorless cameras.
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[@numbersix8919]

Thanks for explaining why my economically disposable FD lenses are still pretty good!

[@timauger]

I had one of those for my AE-1 in the early ‘80s. It was pretty good.

[@carloseduardomenjivaraguil3540]

AMAZING REVIEW

[@JonathanMahoneyDOP]

Loving this video! This is the second of your videos that I watched after I came to your channel by searching Topcon information. Very thorough and wonderfully produced!! Definitely subscribed and will be watching all your videos!
Hoping for a video on canon FL lenses, maybe the 19mm or the 58mm
Or anything Minolta Rokkor related!
Thank you very much for making such entertaining and informative videos! ❤

[@wendysburgers4326]

Can you do a review of
Canon FD 50mm 1.4 S.S.C

[@jean-marcschwartz2525]

Hello, new subscriber here, keep going on. I really appreciate your content, especially the shift lens content. 👍

[@durlacher3524]

Many thanks for the positive feedback, words of encouragement. Quite a number of shift lenses still to review, will get cracking on the next video.

[@jean-marcschwartz2525]

​@@durlacher3524Thanks. See you next time. Best.