A rare Canon FD 24mm f/1.4 S.S.C. Aspherical hits the next Wetzlar Camera Auction with a starting bid of €6,000 | Canon Rumors

A rare and highly collectable Canon lens is coming up for auction at the always interesting Wetzler Camera Auctions on October 8, 2022

The lens in question? A Canon FD 24mm f/1.4 S.S.C. Aspherical. This lens was released in 1975 and is pretty rare, no one here has ever seen one.

This was the world’s largest aperture 24mm wide angle lens at the time. A ground and polished glass aspherical lens surface, applied at the rear surface of the eighth lens element correct spherical aberration and astigmatism to achieve high picture quality even at a full aperture of f/1.4. The floating mechanism achieves high definition from the shortest focusing distance to infinity.

The starting bid for the Canon FD 24mm f/1.4 S.S.C. Aspherical is €6,000, and it’s expected to fetch between €12,000-€15,000 when it’s all said and done.

There are currently two of these lenses on ebay for $16,000+!

Canon FD 24mm f/1.4 S.S.C. Aspherical

• Marketed: March 1975
• Original Price: 180,000 yen / $1300 USD
• Lens Construction: 8 groups
• Lens Construction: 10 elements
• No. of Diaphragm Blades: 8
• Minimum Aperture: f/16
• Closest Focusing Distance: 0.3m / 11.8″
• Maximum Magnification: 0.117x
• Filter Diameter: 72mm
• Maximum Diameter x Length: 75mm x 68mm / 2.9″ x 2.7″
• Weight: 500g / 1.1lbs

Check out the Canon FD 24mm f/1.4 S.S.C. Aspherical auction