jay a. frew

<p>thanks Chris...Nice Image!</p> <p>I have the FD 24/2.8 BL along with the 50/1.4, so, hopefully it will work as well as your 24/2.0</p> <p>Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>Thanks JDM</p> <p>I hadn't seen that particular lens list. I really only need a fast 50mm because I have all the other focal lengths I need in EF mount.</p> <p>I'm just going to go ahead and order the adapter and see how my old 50/1.4 works-out.</p> <p>Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>Hello:</p> <p>Have any of you used the FD 50/1.4 BL For Infra Red? I'm wondering if it will be prone to hot spots. I will mount it to my EOS M (converted to IR-only) with a Foto Diox adapter (which I have not purchased yet).</p> <p>My EF 50/1.4 generates a huge hotspot when used on my IR camera and I seem to remember that the EF 50/1.4 has the same optical design as the FD 50/1.4 BL. There could be other causes for the hotspot besides optical design (eg., lens and inner lens barrel coatings).</p> <p>Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>I apologize for the "link" not being "live". My luck with posting live links and images in photo net forums is hit and miss.</p> <p>Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>Great images from the Canon folk!</p> <p>I am also an EOS M fan. Mine is now an IR Only camera. It arrived yesterday afternoon from Life Pixel. So, for now, I am just testing lenses for IR compatibility ~ aka hand-held snapshots.</p> <p>Preliminary tests indicate that the EOS M 22mm/2.0, EF-S 10-22, EF 17-40L, EF 35 2.0, EF 85 1.8, EF 70-200 2.8 USM L (original one), and Tokina 100mm macro all seem to work well with IR. The EF 50 1.4 does not (large hotspot). I still need to do more tests at varying apertures.</p> <p>I have six images in my flickr, public folder. You can get there by clicking-on the link below. (I can't figure-out how to get an image into this post from flickr).</p> <p> https://www.flickr.com/photos/toxonophile/?details=1</p> <p>Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>Nice to know because that lens hood retails for about $40.00 if you lose it.</p> <p>Does it not bother you to spend $1000.00 on an Olympus lens, only to discover that you are required to effect DIY repairs on its $40.00 lens hood?</p> <p>I just thought of a name for this practice ~ Crowd-sourced Quality Control.</p> <p>Bad PR for Olympus to say the least!</p> <p>Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>"Makes no sense. Why buy manual focus lenses in a single-use mount?"</p> <p>There may be some merit to that opinion ~ for many situations.</p> <p>I have the "M" with the EF -> "M" lens adapter. I am having the camera converted to IR (it is on its way back from lifepixel). I also have the EF-S 10-22 (and the EOS M 11-22 is available here in Canada), but, both are much slower than f2.0</p> <p>From what I have been able to read, larger apertures are better suited to IR photography than smaller ones. I will be able to find-out for myself soon enough.</p> <p>However, the fact that Samyang is making lenses in EOS M mount may be an indicator that a new EOS M camera is on the horizon for the North American market. I like my "M" so much that I would likely buy a new version ~ if it is at least as good as my existing "M" ;~))</p> <p>Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>they are available for pre-order:</p> <p>http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1051475-USA/canon_9518b002_ef_16_35mm_f_4l_is.html</p> <p>http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1051476-USA/canon_9519b002_ef_s_10_18mm_f_4_5_5_6_is.html</p> <p>I hope the new 16-35/4.0L is fantastic, because, it is about $460.00 more than the 17-40/4.0L ~ I sure won't be stepping-up. I have absolutely no reason to replace my 17-40. I think it is a wonderful lens and I don't think IS is worth the extra $$.</p> <p>Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>Well, I don't know how new they are (I am usually a day late and a dollar short), but there are a few Rokinon (AKA Samyang, Bower) lenses in EOS M Mount that I did not know about until yesterday:</p> <p>http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?atclk=Lens+Mount_Canon+EF-M&ci=17912&N=4196380428+4091672272</p> <p>These are MF lenses, but, I find the 12mm/2.0 particularly interesting.</p> <p>Maybe the "M" is not dead after-all!</p> <p>Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>get the lens to go with the camera so you can check-out the camera (AF, metering etc) to make sure it all works as designed.<br> Cheers! Jay</p>