Canon FD Photo of the Month: January 2017

<p>Happy New Year Canon FD, etc. shooters! I'm posting early early because I do not know what condition I will be in come Midnight, 2017. We've had a great year overall in 2016. Let's do it again in 2017! Let's see your stuff, friends.</p>

<p>New Year's resolutions. I am going to utilize my EFs, F-1 and FTb! Also I will get a good Canon A-1, which I've wanted for decades. </p>

<p>Okay I'll kick things off with two shots with the FDn 80-200/4 L + Leica M240. Shots are from my balcony. <br>

One is full frame and the other is cropped to 16x9.</p>

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<p>Looking forward to your continuing stewardship of this thread through 2017, Alex.<br>

Apologies that as a rather stingy film shooter, I am lagging a bit behind the seasons; two Autumn shots follow:</p><div></div>

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<p>I got my A-1 and a 28mm lens for the cost of two pizzas because it had a bent spindle (as it turned out, <a href="/modern-film-cameras-forum/00b82L">link</a>)<br /> I love the A-1, but if you can find a working one, I think that the T-90 is one of the finest, non-AF cameras ever made, period. The catch is the "shutter lockup" EEE fault that affects so many of these that are not used regularly.<br /> Be that as it may be, here is another in my images of water towers and such like (<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=hilla+becher+water+towers&num=100&newwindow=1&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjioqTJtKHRAhWEsVQKHU5JAeUQsAQILA&biw=1133&bih=736">homage to the Bechers</a>), in this case a feed dispenser, taken by the A-1 and the 28mm lens:</p><div></div>

Happy New Years early posters, Ashely and J.D.M. Thank for the kind words, Ashely. Looking forward to everyone's

photos!

<p>Marina Del Rey</p><div></div>

<p><em><strong>Good shots to kick off the new year guys!</strong></em><br>

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<strong>Canon FDn 300/4.0-L<br /></strong><br>

<strong>For me, shut-in for a couple days from a bad ice storm, Mother Nature sent a surprise visitor: "Fox Sparrow"<br />Never saw one before...Audubon bird guide doesn’t show their range to include NC and mid-Atlantic states.<br />Someone from Virginia also posted a shot of one yesterday…his first sighting as well.<br />Maybe the crazy snow / ice storm weather pushed them into these states…dunno.</strong><br /><strong>But I wasn't about to look a "gift-bird" in the mouth.<br /><br /></strong><br>

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<p>Nice one Bill - looks very cold, I hope he/she can find his/her way home OK.</p>

Great work so far everyone.

 

Bill C. : good examples show you do not have to leave home to get good shots!

 

Keep those photos coming.

<p>I can't say this is a great photo, but for Christmas my wife got a BL FD 28mm f2.0. What a great lens to work with especially in a very dark room.</p><div></div>

<p>It captures the moment, Charles! (And no matter how hard we sometimes try to be "arty", it is these kind of shots that are really meaningful for the people involved and most appreciated...) I agree that 28mm is a great focal length for party events like this; the angle of view and deep depth of field means its really quick to work with, and makes sure you don't miss important moments like these.</p>

I like it.

<p>Charles, great pic!</p>

<p>Canon FL 50mm 1.411</p>

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<p>Canon FL 50mm 1.4ll @2.8..oly ep............</p>

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<p><strong>My favorite bird lens: Canon FDn 300/4.0-L</strong><br /> <br /><strong> A favorite bird: Red Shouldered Hawk on the hunt</strong></p>

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Great shots, folks. Keep it up!

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I hate this new format.

If you can keep posting!