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Our dream was to have a set of lenses that matched the look of the legendary high-speed, aspherical Canon FD 24mm f1.4, 55mm f1.2, and 85mm f1.2. Thanks to TLS we were able to add an 18mm f1.4, 35mm f1.4, and 70mm f1.2 that have full frame coverage, and match the unique look of Canon FD SSC aspherical primes.

The 18mm is our own optical recipe, and you will not find this lens anywhere else in the world. The lens consists of genuine 1970s Canon FD elements, with some additional optics to used to create a high speed, aspherical, vintage lens, that covers Full Frame sensors, even RED Monstro. The 35mm is a Minolta lens from the 1980s. It’s also a Japanese-made, aspherical lens, with performance, bokeh, and flare character identical to the 24mm, 55mm, and 85mm FDs. The 70mm is another original design based on the 85mm f1.2. With how often cinematographers have to move back nd forth between Super 35 and Full Frame/VV/LF sensors, it’s nice to have the added focal lengths to achecive the desired field of view, while having a consistent look across the set.

TLS is replaces the original 8-blade irises with new 16-blade irises. So not only does your bokeh stay circular when stopped down, they also make the set more consistent from lens to lens. In the original FDs the 8-blade iris gives your bokeh a stop-sign shape to pin-point highlights.

We offer these lens as an option to the slower Canon FD primes. With these three new FD-X primes, you have a complete 6-lens set of vintage, high-speed, full frame lenses, in a very complete set: 18mm, 24mm, 35mm, 55mm, 70mm, 85mm.

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