Overview of Canon FD Lenses & Lens Hoods

This overview lists nearly all Canon FD lenses with their filter-thread diameters and matching lens hoods. The hood name reveals the system: “BW-72” stands for bayonet, wide-angle, 72 mm filter thread. FD and New FD mounts differ fundamentally; from 1979 onward, a rotating bayonet replaced the breech-lock ring.

Overview of Canon FD lenses with filter-thread diameters and lens hoods

Differences between the bayonet versions:

• FD (until 1979): Old breech-lock bayonet. The lens itself does not rotate; instead, it is secured to the camera with a silver locking ring.
• New FD (nFD, from 1979): Rotating bayonet mount. The entire lens is twisted until it clicks into place. It has a square release button at the mount.

Lens hood nomenclature:

The designations of the original Canon lens hoods (e.g. BW-52A) follow a simple logical system:

• First letter (B): Bayonet mount
• Second letter (W/S/T): Wide (wide-angle), standard, telephoto
• Number: The filter-thread diameter in millimeters (e.g. 52, 55, 72)

Glossary of lens abbreviations:

• S.S.C. = Super Spectra Coating (modern multi-coating)
• S.C. = Spectra Coating (single coating)
• L = Luxury (contains aspherical lenses or fluorite glass)
• AL = Aspherical Lens
• TS = Tilt/Shift

The following overview table serves as a central reference for (almost) all Canon FD lenses. Here you will find not only detailed specifications such as optical construction, minimum focusing distances, and weights, but above all the corresponding lens hoods and filter threads, so you know exactly which accessories fit your lenses.

Disclaimer: We sell some of the products that appear here. Even so, the article is meant first and foremost as help and not as a sales pitch.

Notes:

1. Built-in SKY, Y3, O1, R1, CCA4, and CCB4 filters
2. Built-in SKY, Y3, O1, and R1 filters
3. Built-in lens hood
4. Built-in filter holder
5. CAT coupling pin
6. Tilt/Shift (79° angle of view with shift)
7. Autofocus only on the T-80 body
8. Drop-in filter
9. Removable tripod mount
10. Built-in tripod mount
11. Autofocus
12. For use with prime lenses of 300 mm or more
13. For use with prime lenses of 300 mm or more and zoom lenses that include 300 mm in their range
14. For use with prime lenses of less than 300 mm and zoom lenses with a maximum focal length of less than 300 mm
15. Use the Extender FD 2X-B with the New FD 300 mm f/2.8 L
16. Use the Extender FD 2X-A with the New FD 200 mm f/4 Macro

This table was originally compiled in 1997 by Dennis Baron of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It is intended to make the information available to German users and serves as a backup copy.

The original article can be found here.

Further sources

Some lens names in the table link to the lens's page in the Canon Camera Museum, where you'll find the market launch date and Canon's technical data. If you want to dig deeper, these two collections offer further data sheets and Canon's manuals.

• Canon FD Resources at MIR, individual pages on FD lenses with a data block, often including the lens hood
• Canon FD manuals at butkus.org, three original Canon manuals on FD and New FD lenses as PDF

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