Canon FD 200 mm lens

Eight designs of Canon FD 200 mm lens were produced for the Canon FD lens mount. These spanned two generations (FD and New FD) and varied by aperture and macro ability. These photographic lenses were:

Canon FD

• 200 mm f/2.8 S.S.C.:

• 200 mm f/4.0:

• 200 mm f/4.0 S.S.C.: introduced in 1973, this replaced the original

Canon New FD

• 200 mm f/1.8 L: This was Canon's final FD lens, introduced in November 1989, a year after its autofocus Canon EF equivalent, the EF 200 mm f/1.8 L, due to demand from photographers yet to switch from the FD to the EOS system.

• 200 mm f/2.8: This lens was a New FD updating of the previous 200 mm f/2.8 lens, replacing the locking ring of the old FD system with the rotating barrel locking mechanism of the New FD series but otherwise little updated.

• 200 mm f/2.8 II: The second revision of the New FD 200 mm f/2.8 adopted a rear focusing system, in which only the rear group of the lens moves to adjust focus, meaning that the overall length of the lens does not change and focusing is easier.

• 200 mm f/4.0:

• 200 mm f/4.0 Macro:

Specifications

	FD			New FD
Attribute	f/2.8 S.S.C	f/4	f/4 S.S.C.	f/1.8 L	f/2.8	f/2.8 II	f/4	f/4 Macro
Super Spectra Coating	Yes	No	Yes
L-Series	No			Yes	No
Macro	No							Yes
Tripod mount	No			Yes	No			Yes
Maximum aperture	2.8	4	4	1.8	2.8	2.8	4	4
Minimum aperture	22	22	22	22	32	32	32	32
Weight	700 g	725 g	675 g	2,800 g	700 g	735 g	440 g	830 g
Maximum diameter	78 mm	67 mm	67 mm	130 mm	78 mm	81.2 mm	63 mm	68.8 mm
Length	140.5 mm	133 mm	133 mm	208 mm	140.5 mm	134.2 mm	121.5 mm	182.4 mm
Filter diameter	72 mm	55 mm	55 mm	48 mm (drop-in)	72 mm	72 mm	52 mm	58 mm
Groups/elements	5/5	5/6	5/6	9/11	5/5	6/7	6/7	6/9
# of diaphragm blades	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Closest focusing distance	1.8 m	2.5 m	2.5 m	2.5 m	1.8 m	1.5 m	1.5 m	0.58 m
Release date	March 1975	March 1971	March 1973	November 1989	June 1979	October 1972	June 1979	April 1981

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