Canon FD Photo of the Month: October 2016

<p>Welcome to October. September was brilliant. Let see what all you FD, FL, etc. shooters can do this month!</p>

<p>I shot this with an FDn 85/1.2 L on an X-Pro 1. The scene the center of Kobe's Chinatown.</p><div></div>

<p>Canon Ftb 50 fl 1.4</p>

<p><img src="http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a574/king3sparrow/img361-copy_zps3c7regco.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p><strong>Canon FDn 80-200/4.0-L</strong><br>

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<strong>Target of Opportunity from all the rain & heat we've had here lately.<br /></strong><br>

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Grey and Bill C. Great shots!

 

Join the fun FD shooters!

<p>The FL50mm 1.4 ll, oly ep at f/16........................</p>

<p><img src="http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a574/king3sparrow/053fl-copy_zpsrkcflbpg.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Whatever Canon FD lens was used on it the X-Pro1 isn't a Canon FD camera.</p>

<p>I am always paying homage to the Beckers, it seems.<br>

This is another</p>

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<p>Either an FD lens, or FD camera, or both is the point of these threads.</p>

<p>Uh-Oh. Looks like the fight is on!</p>

<p>JDM... who are the Beckers?</p>

<p>Taken with my newly-purchased TS 35mm lens. I took advantage of the lens shift function to make this panorama.</p>

<p><img src="http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/433201-1/35TS_Fall_Color_small.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="357" /></p>

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<p>I mistyped Becker for Becher. <br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernd_and_Hilla_Becher">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernd_and_Hilla_Becher</a></p>

<p>Great shots! Jim can you tell us how you made that panorama?</p>

 

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<p >Jim can you tell us how you made that panorama?</p>

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<p >Sure. My camera (a Leica M240) was on a tripod. I composed the picture, then shifted the lens as far as I could to the left, and took a picture. I then centered the lens and took another picture. I then shifted the lens as far as I could to the right and took the final picture. I then pulled all three pictures into Photoshop and did a “photomerge.” I did some final corrections in PS (some cropping, brightness, etc.) that gave me the final pic.</p>

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<p >I just picked up the Canon TS 35mm lens a few days ago. The nearest camera store is about 60 miles away from our house and I stop by on occasion when in town shopping. Some local pro, who retired years back, sold his 35mm cameras (several F-1’s and FD lenses), his medium format gear, as well as an old Linhoff, to the camera store. The TS lens was there, at a good price, so I bought it. A fascinating lens that I’m still learning. Today I’m going to experiment with the tilt function, which can create some very unique images. </p>

<p>Thanks Jim!</p>

<p><strong>Canon FDn 80-200/4.0-L<br /><br />"Uh...sorry to bother you...but do you have any more corn ??"<br /> <br /></strong><br>

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Great shots people. I identify with the dear.

 

This month we have an alternate universe Canon FD photo of the month. Feel free to contribute to both.

<p>Looks like something happened to the Flickr image in my earlier post further up the thread, and I don't know how to reload it...apparently the 'edit' function times out after a while.</p>

<p>Do hope you bring it back, Bill C. And everyone, keep posting. </p>

<p>This past week I helped host a group of engineers and technicians visiting from Japan, a really talented and fun bunch. This called for some shooting with the ODF-1 and FD 55/1.2 AL SSC! Here, Aya plays with the beast.</p><div></div>

<p>Shizuoka Camera Style!</p><div></div>

<p>Coincidence of coincidences. I have the same camera/lens combo.</p>

<p>This is moonlight you're looking at, not sunlight. I took this pic at about 4:30 AM a few days back. It's fall color season in northern Michigan so I was curious how the maple trees in our backyard would look at night during a full moon. FD 55mm 1/2 Aspherical wide-open for eight seconds, ISO 3200. <br>

<img src="http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/434060-1/moonlight_tweaked.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>That's very innovative...it came out really well!</p>

<p>Canon FL 200mm f4.5 on my Lumix GH-1 with Fotasy adapter. This lens seems to play very nicely with this particular sensor. I may have to invest in a better adapter; the Fotasy doesn't feel very solid. Metabones perhaps.<br>

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<strong> Swamp Road Farm, near Peterboro, NY 10/19/2016</strong></p>

 

Kodak Tri-X 400, ODF-1 with FD 55/1.2 AL SSC "gold stripe" aspherical.<div></div>