Canon's New FD fast standard zoom — the 35-70mm f/2.8-3.5 in the later black styling.
The Canon New FD 35-70mm f/2.8-3.5 arrived in 1979 as the New FD generation version of Canon's relatively fast standard zoom. It brought the design into the black New FD barrel with the redesigned bayonet mount, continuing as a versatile walk-around zoom spanning wide-standard to short telephoto.
This is a manual-focus Canon FD lens with a 35-70mm zoom range and a variable maximum aperture running from f/2.8 at the wide end to f/3.5 at the long end. It is built in the New FD styling with focus, zoom and aperture set manually on the barrel, keeping a comparatively bright aperture for a zoom.
The 35-70mm range covers wide-standard through short telephoto, suiting street, landscape, travel and casual portraiture in one lens. The relatively fast wide end helps in lower light, and the reach to 70mm gives a mild portrait perspective, making it a flexible everyday zoom for FD bodies.
On the used market the New FD 35-70mm f/2.8-3.5 is a practical and well-regarded standard zoom. Check the optics for haze, fungus and separation, test the zoom and focus for smoothness and any play, 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.