Rarest Canon lenses

ahh I forgot about that legendary fd to eos converter.

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #14417628
The 50mm f/1.0 is also scarce by most people's standards.

Didn't they also make an f/.95 ?

There was a genuine canon fd-ef Converter on eBay for a while this year, they wanted $1200 BIN only for it though. Now that all the big canon FD telephotos can be easily converted to EF with the EdMika adapter for a couple hundred dollars I can't see much or a reason to buy it for that kind of coin any more.

Canon also made a rare glassless FD-EF converter for their macro lenses (you could attach most any FD lens to it I imagine, but you would lose infinity focus).

For macro you can use a glassless generic FD-EF converter, though. But I guess the genuine canon one would be quite rare indeed.

alex.hondsmerk wrote in post #14421301
Oh wow, never even knew these existed! I would totally buy the 150-600 though...

There's one on UK ebay right now: http://www.ebay.co.uk …enses&hash=item​27c6be1f6c
I hope you noticed it's FD fitting though, so won't go on an EOS body.

The original FD-EF adapter is sometimes on Ebay. Last one I watched selled at 800 Euro.

Madweasel wrote in post #14425379
There's one on UK ebay right now: http://www.ebay.co.uk …enses&hash=item​27c6be1f6c
I hope you noticed it's FD fitting though, so won't go on an EOS body.

I meant if they made it as an EF mount, but thanks for looking!

fotoworx wrote in post #14424123
Didn't they also make an f/.95 ?

Indeed they did, but it was a C-mount.
I happened to have one to hand 10 years back and coupled it to an image intensifier. It was quite astonishing to see what f/0.004 looked like.

I have a 35-105 f3.5-5.6 which used the AFD type motor for focus. I guess it's not rare per se but they were only in production a year or so before being replaced with the USM version. It doesn't have a zoom ring. You push/pull it to zoom.

tkbslc wrote in post #14421739
There aren't a ton of them, yet you could easily find one within a couple weeks of looking.


I'm surprised nobody mentioned the 35-80 power zoom! That's a rare beauty...

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The 100-200 f4.5 A might be upt here with the rarest lenses. I've never heard of anyone using it. Note the lack of a focus ring - it's AF only. (of course there are 3 on ebay now that I check...)

EF 100-200 was one on the first lens I acquired several years ago. I just recently sold it on ebay, go figure!

Brandman wrote in post #14417621
What are the rarest canon lenses with an eos mount?

The 50mm f/1.8 Mk I seems like a rare bugger.. i been trying to get my hands on one for awhile, the mostly metal version.

bent toe wrote in post #15990178
The 50mm f/1.8 Mk I seems like a rare bugger.. i been trying to get my hands on one for awhile, the mostly metal version.

They're quite common on eBay. And even on here they pop up at least a few times a month.

bent toe wrote in post #15990178
The 50mm f/1.8 Mk I seems like a rare bugger.. i been trying to get my hands on one for awhile, the mostly metal version.

KEH seems to have them in somewhat regularly.

I have two.

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #14422466
C'mon Tom...

Don't think the OP was looking for the Terminator arm in a vault at Cyberdine Systems.

Watch your spelling...

Well the 50 f1.0 and the 200 1.8 are quite rare but do pop up on he second hand market from time to time. Strangely I saw a 200 1.8 for £3k yesterday, only the third I've ever seen "in the flesh". First had a scratched front element, second I bought and third has pride of place on the second hand shelf.

So these things do turn up if you are willing to wait.

Regards

Bearsummer