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Photographing with FD Wide-Angle Camera Lenses

While camera and lens manufacturers are continually producing models and mounting systems to harness modern technology, there's no reason why your vintage lenses need to stay on the shelf. With the use of an adapter, you can put many old lenses that are no longer in production to good use on your modern camera body and open up a world of opportunity to experiment. One such case is the Canon FD line of lenses that were widely used in the 1970s and 1980s, and are available in a vast range of different focal lengths and apertures.

What Is an FD Lens?

The FD is a lens mount for connecting to 35mm camera bodies introduced by Canon in 1971, and was the main mounting system for the company's SLRs with interchangeable lenses until 1987 when it released the EOS system.

• FD-mount lenses are also compatible with the earlier FL lenses in stop-down metering mode in addition to the 134 different FD lenses manufactured by the company.
• FD lenses have seen a resurgence as you can use them on mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras with the use of an adapter, and the lenses are available from ultra-wide angles to zoom telephoto models.

What Are the Advantages of a Wide-Angle Lens?

Offering a wider plane of view combined with perspective distortion, wide-angle lenses create an appealing aesthetic while packing a lot more into a single frame. From sweeping landscape shots to environmental portraits that place your subject in the midst of its surrounds, you can effectively use them to create captivating and engaging images.

• You can use a wide-angle lens to emphasize what's in the foreground of your shot while offering an increased sense of dimension and depth for documenting what's in the background.
• You can use them to give your viewers the sense that they were there in the moment when you captured the image, with a dynamism and unique perspective when compared to a mid-range focal length lens that captures a more conventional view of what the human eye sees.

Which FD Wide and Ultra-Wide Lenses Are Available?

There are a large variety of wide and ultra-wide FD lenses on the market, including 24mm f/2 and f/3.5 as well as 35mm lenses with an aperture of f/2.8.

• When you want to go even wider, consider the FD ultra-wide lenses at 14mm f/2.8, 17mm f/4, or 20mm f/2.8.
• You can also find creative fisheye lenses in the FD range that provide greater distortion and are available as 7.5mm f/5.6 and 15mm f/2.8.