Canon FD 100mm F/4 S.C. Macro

Macro lens • Film era • Discontinued

Canon FD 100mm F/4 S.C. Macro
  • Announced:
  • · October 1975
  • Production status:
  • ● Discontinued
  • Country of design:
  • · Japan
  • Original name:
  • · CANON MACRO LENS FD 100mm 1:4 S.C.
  • Class:
  • · Slow full-frame macro lens
  • · Professional model
  • System:
  • · Canon FD (1971)

Abbreviations

FD The lens is designed for Canon 35mm film SLR cameras with the Canon FD mount.
S.C. Multi-layer Spectra coating is applied to the surfaces of lens elements. This anti-reflection coating increases light transmission, eliminates flare and ghosting, and maintains color consistence among all lens models.
MACRO Macro lens. Designed specially for shooting close-ups of small subjects but can be also used in other genres of photography, not necessarily requiring focusing at close distances. Learn more

Model history (2)

■Canon FD 100mm F/4 S.C. Macro • 1:2A5 - 30.45m⌀55 1975 ●
■Canon FDn 100mm F/4 Macro • 1:2A5 - 30.45m⌀52 1979 ●

Specification

Optical design:
35mm full frame
100mm
F/4
5 elements in 3 groups (Cooke triplet derivative)
Canon FD [42mm]
24.4° (35mm full frame)
Diaphragm mechanism:
Diaphragm type:
Automatic
Aperture control:
Aperture ring (Manual settings + Auto Exposure setting)
6 (six)
Focusing:
0.45m
1:2
Focusing modes:
Manual focus only
Manual focus control:
Focusing ring
Physical characteristics:
530g
⌀67×112mm
Accessories:
Screw-type 55mm
Not required
Canon Extender FD 2X-B → 200mm F/8

Sources of data

  • Canon FD instructions (PUB. II01-012A) (October 1978).
  • Canon interchangeable lenses sales guide.
  • Canon AE-1 booklet (PUB. CE1057) (June 1976).
  • Canon EF instructions (PUB. IE 1008P) (May 1976).
  • Canon F-1 booklet (PUB. CE1017F) (December 1975).
  • Canon AT-1 booklet (PUB. CE1065) (November 1976).
  • Canon FD lenses inctructions (PUB. A5368z) (January 1978).
  • Canon FD Lenses in a Nutshell booklet (PUB. IE-1033Q) (April 1979).
  • Canon AE-1 - A new generation booklet (PUB. CE1056A) (July 1976).
  • Canon Products Guide (PUB. E5077t) (April 1978).
  • Canon Products Guide (PUB. D5077k) (November 1975).
  • Canon AT-1 booklet (PUB. CE1074H) (December 1977).
  • Canon Products Guide (PUB. D5077n) (February 1976).
  • Canon Products Guide (PUB. D5077s) (August 1976).

Manufacturer description

This is a telephoto macro lens developed as part of the FD replacement lens series. With full-aperture metering and automatic diaphragm coupled, the lens can be used for shooting from infinity to 1/2x (0.45m) without accessories and from 1/2x to life-size (0.40m) when used with the FD50 Extension Tube.

As telephoto macro lenses have a long focal length, close-ups can be made without actually approaching the photographed object, increasing the range of applications from those of a standard macro lens to include photographs of ecology of insects and animals and plants in addition to macro photographs requiring lighting.

A modified Tessar lens is adopted in the optical system, and appropriate power distribution of the lens is used for compensation of spherical aberration, field curvature, chromatic aberration and distortion, which is particularly important for close-up lenses. Because of this, there is little variation in aberration depending on shooting distance and the lens offers excellent image-forming performance from infinity to life-size. Although macro lenses normally tend to have a large amount of extension, this lens features light and smooth focusing together with a compact lens barrel achieved by incorporating new mechanisms into the helicoid and diaphragm unit.

Other macro lenses in the Canon FD system

■Canon FD mount (4)
Canon FD 50mm F/3.5 S.S.C. Macro • 1:2A6 - 40.23m⌀55 1973 ●
Canon FDn 50mm F/3.5 Macro • 1:2A6 - 40.23m⌀52 1979 ●
Canon FDn 100mm F/4 Macro • 1:2A5 - 30.45m⌀52 1979 ●
Canon FDn 200mm F/4 Macro • 1:1A9 - 60.58m⌀58 1981 ●

Lenses with similar focal length

■Canon FD mount (12)
Cosina 100mm F/3.5 MC Macro • 1:2
akaPhoenix 100mm F/3.5 Macro
akaPromaster Spectrum 7 100mm F/3.5 MC Macro
akaSoligor 100mm F/3.5 MC Macro
akaVivitar 100mm F/3.5 MC Macro		A5 - 40.43m⌀49 ●
Kino Precision Kiron 105mm F/2.8 MC Macro • 1:1A6 - 60.35m⌀52 1984 ●
Panagor Auto 90mm F/2.8 PMC Macro • 1:1A6 - 40.35m⌀62 ●
Sigma MF 90mm F/2.8 Multi-Coated Macro ZEN • 1:2A9 - 90.32m⌀52 1988 ●
Soligor C/D 90mm F/2.5 MC Macro • 1:1A6 - 50.35m⌀62 ●
Spiratone Proxitel 90mm F/2.5 Macro • 1:1A6 - 50.35m⌀62 1985 ●
Tokina AT-X 90mm F/2.5 Macro • 1:2A8 - 70.39m⌀55 1983 ●
Vivitar Series 1 90mm F/2.5 VMC Macro (s/n 37xxxxxx) • 1:2A8 - 70.39m⌀58 1975 ●
Vivitar Series 1 Telephoto 105mm F/2.5 VMC Macro (s/n 22xxxxxx) • 1:1A6 - 60.35m⌀52 1989 ●
Vivitar Auto Telephoto 90mm F/2.8 Macro (s/n 28xxxxxx) • 1:1A6 - 40.35m⌀62 1976 ●
Vivitar Telephoto 90mm F/2.5 MC Macro (s/n 28xxxxxx) • 1:1
akaElicar V-HQ 90mm F/2.5 MC Macro
akaRokunar V-HQ 90mm F/2.5 MC Macro		A6 - 50.35m⌀62 1986 ●
Vivitar Telephoto 100mm F/2.8 MC Macro (s/n 22xxxxxx) • 1:1A6 - 60.35m⌀52 1986 ●
■Interchangeable mount (6)
Heinz Kilfitt Munchen Makro-Kilar 90mm F/2.8
akaZoomar Muenchen Macro-Kilar 90mm F/2.8
akaZoomar Muenchen Macro-Zoomatar 90mm F/2.8		P4 - 3-- 1956 ●
Sigma[-XQ] MF 100mm F/2.8 Multi-Coated Macro [YS] • 1:1A7 - 50.33m⌀62 1972 ●
Tamron SP 90mm F/2.5 MC Tele Macro 52B [Adaptall-2] • 1:2A8 - 60.39m⌀49 1979 ●
Tamron SP 90mm F/2.5 Macro 52BB [Adaptall-2] • 1:2A8 - 60.39m⌀55 1984 ●
Tamron SP 90mm F/2.8 Macro 72B [Adaptall-2] • 1:1A10 - 90.29m⌀55 1996 ●
Sima SF 100mm F/2 Soft Focus + Macro [T] • 1:1.5--1 - 10.41m-- 1981 ●

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