Canon FD Photos of the Month: March 2022

Greetings, Canon FD, etc. shooters. It's March 2023. Hoping everyone is well and inoculated. My thoughts are with Ukraine, who Putin invaded for no good reason. Let's see your beautiful work and lighten the days ahead.

Fuji XE-2 + Metabones Speed Boost + Canon FD 100-300L f5.6

 

Just stumbled across this from the past. A Rugby match I believe. Canon FTb with FD 135/3.5. Kodak Tri-x.

 

FTbn 28mm f/2.8 on Delta 100

 

With your new FTb?

Yes but this image came from one of the rolls when the meter was off due to incorrect voltage. It was the only negative that was worth scanning and printing. I'm hoping that with the now correct 1.35 volts, new rolls will be rewarding. It sure is a fun camera to play with.

Canon F-1n. Canon FDn 28. Kodacolor 100 rated at ISO 50

Canon T90 FD 50mm f/1.4

canon F1 w/50mm macro nfd fuji 400

My Atomic FD 35/2.0 basks in solar radiation in order to reduce the affects of Thorium radiation. Go figure.

I did this several years ago and the yellow as expected came back, so a couple months ago I started to repeat the process. After only a couple of days I began thinking, why am I baking this relatively expensive, excellent condition lens in the sun just because it has a permanent K2 'filter' inside it? Could the heat cause any lubricants to start relocating? Do you shoot chromes any more? Why take a chance, so off the sill it came. Outstanding with B&W, and color negs just take one click and the yellow cast is gone.

 

EF with FL50/1.4 - Fuji Superia

Exposure to UV light is quicker than sunlight in clearing the yellow from a thorium lens. Being a B&W shooter, I'm okay with the built-in yellow filter, though I must admit I have thought about buying a UV lamp.

I remember reading about that quite a while ago. Can't recall if it was UV-A or B. I do recall that the price of the lamp at the time put me off.

For the last year or so I've been shooting more B&W than color and will probably continue to do so, maybe even entirely.

Canon F1N - FD 100mm f2.8 + 15mm ext tube - T-Max 100

 

Taken yesterday. A rapidly diminishing Ice Tree in my small town. I repaired an old F-1 and shot a quick test roll. FD 35/2.0 (Thorium). Efke 25 in Rodinal.

 

Taken yesterday. A rapidly diminishing Ice Tree in my small town. I repaired an old F-1 and shot a quick test roll. FD 35/2.0 (Thorium). Efke 25 in Rodinal.

 

The three wise men! (which small town?)

The three wise men! (which small town?)

 

Gaylord, Michigan.

Gaylord, Michigan.

How about some images of old growth white pines at Hartwick Pines State Park and some of Higgins Lake - my favorite lake in the whole world. Have you canoed the south branch of the Au Sable? It's like stepping back in time a a couple of centuries.

Edited March 21, 2022 by danac

How about some images of old growth white pines at Hartwick Pines State Park and some of Higgins Lake - my favorite lake in the whole world. Have you canoed the south branch of the Au Sable? It's like stepping back in time a a couple of centuries.

 

One of Hartwick Pines, on infrared film. Not Canon FD, I believe I used a Canonet. Kodak HIE. Not sure if I have any of Higgin's Lake. I'll look. And I haven't canoed the south branch of the Ausable, but have done the main stream near Grayling and Mio.

 

Wonderful! You must do the South Branch. Put in at Watter's Edge canoe livery near Roscommon. I occasionally spotted canoes for them back in the early '70s. It's so wild you'll see what the French voyageur fur trappers saw.

Great work, people! On to April!