are there any wide angle lens for canon ae-1?

[letsbefriends]

i tried looking for it with no results. does it even exist? everything is digital it seems.

 

[Do'Urden's Eyes]

Im sure there are, you just have to look REAL hard. i think thats an older camera, FD mount?

 

[NateWagner]

if it's an FD mount, then I'm sure there are wide angle lenses... though you won't really find much like the 10mm that are available now. Back then 18-20mm was considered to be quite wide (of course it is 35mm, so it's much wider than the crop sensors now).

These wider lenses can be found all over ebay.

 

[JustAnEngineer]

Here's an FD 20mm f/2.8 for $225:
http://www.keh.com/OnLineStore/Prod...ID=&BC=CA&BCC=1&CC=6&CCC=2&BCL=&GBC=&GCC=&KW=

That's equivalent to 12½mm on a crop body.

Here's an FD 24-35mm f/3.5 for $400:
http://www.keh.com/OnLineStore/Prod...ID=&BC=CA&BCC=1&CC=7&CCC=2&BCL=&GBC=&GCC=&KW=

 

[MitchDeYoung]

I currently use a 28mm and that is plenty wide for me on the AE-1

Lenses are all over ebay but if you dont want to look I would seel you mine seeing as how i moved onto Large Format

 

[Brian Austin]

Here's an FD 20mm f/2.8 for $225:
http://www.keh.com/OnLineStore/Prod...ID=&BC=CA&BCC=1&CC=6&CCC=2&BCL=&GBC=&GCC=&KW=

That's equivalent to 12½mm on a crop body.

Where are you getting your math?

A full frame 20mm lens (like the FDs) on a Canon crop body at 1.6x would be 20 x 1.6 = 32mm equivalent.

And since the AE-1 is a film body (thus full frame), the conversion is not relevant to the OP's needs...especially since you'd need a FD-EOS converter at the same time for any Canon digital bodies.

 

[reg]

Where are you getting your math?

Where are you getting yours?

20mm on FF = 12.5 on crop.

 

[Sim]

Brian's right... with a 1.6 crop factor, you have to multiply 20mm by 1.6 which means a 20mm lens on FF is equivalent to 32mm on a crop sensor.

 

[JustAnEngineer]

My observation about the equivalent field of view was directed to Nate's comments.

Obviously, 20mm is a very wide lens on the FD mount.

 

[Mike_E]

Brian's right... with a 1.6 crop factor, you have to multiply 20mm by 1.6 which means a 20mm lens on FF is equivalent to 32mm on a crop sensor.

Sorry, 12.5X1.6=20

You all should probably read a little more carefully, the OP has a FF and is not asking about a Dx.

 

[JerryPH]

Here's an FD 20mm f/2.8 for $225:

That's equivalent to 12½mm on a crop body.

Isn't that backwards? A 20mm on a FX is 30mm on a crop body? (assuming a 1.5 crop factor, it could be more or less)
If his camera is FX... 20mm is 20mm, no conversion needed.

Oops, Mike_E beat me to it.

 

[Helen B]

There's a 24 mm f/1.4 - a rare thing to have such a fast 24 mm lens. 24 mm converts to just under an inch if it is used on an Imperial camera.

Best,
Helen

 

[Mike_E]

:hail::hail::hail::hail::hail:

 

[frXnz kafka]

Isn't that backwards? A 20mm on a FX is 30mm on a crop body? (assuming a 1.5 crop factor, it could be more or less)
If his camera is FX... 20mm is 20mm, no conversion needed.

Oops, Mike_E beat me to it.

I think there's been some confusion. I think what he meant was, to get the same field of view on a crop body, one would need a 12.5mm lens.

 

[Bifurcator]

Yup.