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Objectif Tamron SP 180/2.5 monture canon FD,
I love using these old FD lenses on my Canon EOS-R. They are much lighter than modern lenses and the manual focusing together with the Focus-Peaking of the EOS-R it's very easy.
The Canon FTb introduced in 1971 is a great allround camera. It features the Canon FD lens mount, and is also compatible with Canon's earlier FL-mount lenses with stop-down metering.
I love this old SLR warriors, and among my many cameras, this type is often a go-to camera when I’m leaving home for photo shooting. It is often a pick and choose between a FTb, a Spotmatic, a Minolta SR-T or a Nikkormat. They are all members of a exclusive club of sturdy, robust peoples cameras that rarely fail when out in the field. Well taken care of, they seem to last forever.
The lens is the first edition of the FD mount lenses with a chrome breach lock ring and the significant chrome nose front ring. Made 1971-1973. No lens coat specification is showing.
The FTb takes the discontinued 1,3 volt battery (PX625) for the light meter, but I’ve put in a contemporary 1,4 volt hearing aid battery, and that seems to work just fine.
I have a later edition of the FTb in chrome too (1973), picture here: flic.kr/p/29CB2vU