Luna Optics ELITE Objective Lens 100mm (For Gen-2+ models only) (LN-L100)

[Music] the canon fd 100 millimeter f 2.8 ssc was made in japan and was first introduced on the market in march of 1973 the letters ssc seen here on the front plate indicate that the elements of this lens are coated with canon's super spectra coding technology back in 1977 this lens sold for dollars which was a considerable sum of money 44 years ago i found my copy of this lens in mint condition on ebay for 108 dollars this version of this lens was manufactured for six years and in 1979 it was replaced with the canon new fd 100 millimeter f 2.8 both versions have the same optical formula the optical design of this lens consists of 5 elements in 5 groups aperture ranges from f 2.8 to f 22 with click stops in between this lens accepts filters with 55 millimeter diameter the diaphragm is made of eight rounded aperture blades focus throw is approximately 200 degrees this lens weighs 356 gra