FD photos for April...

<p>FD lenses are my favourites to do natural light portraits... </p><div></div>

<p>I was at this great house party but the lighting was dim (to say the least). So I was surprised I was able to push 100 speed film to 800 and get usable images... </p><div></div>

<p>And finally, I used a lens attachment to get this fish-eye effect...can't afford to get a proper FD fish-eye yet. </p><div></div>

<p>Capital Q.,</p>

<p>Welcome to photo.nut and the Canon FD Forum. I am looking forward to seeing more of your work. I do like the natural light portrait.</p>

<p>Thank you kindly, Sir Stuart. Here's another portrait I did some years ago with a photogenic friend. I apologize for the dust, scratches and quality. I'd like to think my developing and printing techniques have gotten better over time... </p><div></div>

<p>Guard, Ginza Subway Line, Tokyo</p>

 

<p>2nd time lucky</p><div></div>

<p>Shibuya punk posing, Tokyo</p><div></div>

<p>Old farm building down the road from my house.</p><div></div>

<p>Sharpening is needed on some.</p>

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<p>I can only speak for my own photos and say that years ago all of my photos were razor sharp. I have to admit that nowadays I have a bit of trouble focusing, but I still enjoy using manual focus lenses. Though I may try, all the sharpening in the world is not going to correct one of my out of focus shots. :)</p>

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<p>Can I also post pictures taken with an FD lens while mounted on a Canon DSLR or even on a Micro Four Thirds camera ?</p>

<p>Ray: I think you're fine so long as it's a FD lens. But If I recall correctly, you need an optical adapter to mount your FD lens onto a EF mount (Canon DSLR body). But I'm curious anyway to see what you can do with these lenses on a digital mount. </p>

<p>Thanks. I posted about this allready, might be worth the trouble to see my thread from last week as it explains how I use the FD lens: <a href="http://www.photo.net/canon-fd-camera-forum/00WLCD">http://www.photo.net/canon-fd-camera-forum/00WLCD</a><br>

FD 400mm f4.5 SSC (breechlock) mounted to a 40D DSLR.<br>

A Gull under very good lighting:<img src="http://sportruiter.nl/pictures/Img_4163-2_Gull.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /><br>

A Warbler under very bad lighting:<img src="http://sportruiter.nl/pictures/IMG_4244-3_warbler.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /><br>

Regards, Ray</p>

<p>Very nice, Ray. I bought a Chinese FD to EF adapter with an optical element and it certainly does not have the sharpness of your handcrafted adapter.</p>

<p>Thanks Q, as incredible as it may seem the sharpness of this lens surpasses my (now sold) EF 400mm f5.6L copy's, hard to imagine from such an old lens but after having shot thousands of birds and other critters with both L lenses I'm 100% sure about it. The L lenses definately had better CA control but what this older lens lacks in that area it makes up for in sharpness. The newer L's were definately great to shoot with but this gives more of a challenge and somehow also feels more 'authentic', perhaps due to the manual control, and as a bonus its faster and renders even more detail. I'm still getting used to this type of shooting, will miss the fast AF for BIF, but I'm sure its worth all the hassle in the end, I really love this old lens :-)</p>

<p>can't explain the red blur in the corner, but it certainly pays to have nice seats!!</p><div></div>

<p>This was from a surprise birthday hike.</p><div></div>

<p>Hi All<br>

Taken last week with my F1n and 55mm SSC Asph lens on Ilford XP2 processed at the local supermarket. The CD they supplied is pretty low res but fine for me.<br>

Best regards<br>

David</p><div></div>

<p>Canon A1 RVP 50</p><div></div>

<p>My first entry...</p><div></div>

<p>Once again, great photos everyone and thanks for contributing.</p>

Number 2<div></div>

<p>Number 3</p><div></div>

<p>Final contribution (for now)</p><div></div>