Canon's compact New FD zoom — the 28-55mm f/3.5-4.5 wide-to-standard.
The Canon New FD 28-55mm f/3.5-4.5 was a compact wide-to-standard zoom in the New FD generation, offered from 1983 for the FD manual-focus system. It was a lightweight, affordable everyday zoom covering moderate wide through just past the standard focal length.
This is a manual-focus Canon FD lens with a 28-55mm zoom range and a variable maximum aperture running from f/3.5 at the wide end to f/4.5 at the long end. It is built in the New FD styling with focus, zoom and aperture set manually on the barrel, and its variable aperture helps keep the lens compact.
The 28-55mm range spans moderate wide-angle to a short-standard field, covering landscapes, streets, interiors and general scenes in a single compact lens. It suits travel and casual photography where light weight and a useful walk-around range matter more than a constant aperture, with distortion typical of the period.
On the used market the New FD 28-55mm is an inexpensive and common everyday zoom. Check the optics for haze, fungus and separation, test the zoom and focus for smoothness and any looseness, and confirm the aperture blades are dry. Inspect the front element for marks, and note it adapts to mirrorless via an optics-free FD adapter.