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<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>Good to hear additional testimony about good IQ...thanks<br />So far mine seems to have good IQ as well...</p>

<p><strong>Canon FDn 24-35/3.5-L<br /></strong><br>

<strong>Like a setting sun ending a day.....2016 is coming to a close.</strong><br>

<br /><strong> Hope everyone has a Happy New Year 2017 !!</strong></p>

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<p><strong>Canon FDn 35-105/3.5<br /></strong><br /> <strong>Came across this pair of railroad tracks curving out of sight into the woods.<br />Was set up for Infrared so I shot it that way.<br /></strong><br>

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<p>PS:<br />Charles, in keeping with the guidelines of the forum and specifically Alex's thread, my track record is well established of only posting about FD lenses I use.<br />As a courtesy to you just now, I did reply to your questions, but FYI, I won't be responding further in the open forum as it might be getting too far off onto a tangent here...however, I'll be glad to share any further information via private message if you like.<br>

Marry Christmas</p>

<p>No film or filters...I had LifePixel convert a camera to Infrared...I use a free PP software called GIMP for Infrared because it has the feature for color channel swapping built in...most others do not.</p>

<p>Well, you didn’t reference anything specific so I’ll just take a stab at it.<br />I mentioned it was Infrared, shot with the Canon FDn 17mm/4.0.<br />ISO100, F16, 1/20, tripod.<br />Photo below is SOOC.<br />( Photo above with blue sky & water is after Red & Blue channel swap in post )<br /><br /><br>

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<p>Wow, at all the reactions to the 17mm...agree the 17 (and the 20) have really done well / surprised me...2 lenses I now wish I'd had for years instead of just months.</p>

<p>I've been impressed with the 17/4...picked it up used off EBay and so far haven't found any issues with it</p>

<p><strong>Canon FDn 17/4.0.....Infrared<br /></strong><br>

<strong>Cove at a local lake.</strong><br>

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<p>Appreciate all the feedback...consensus seems very positive about its IQ which is always a make or break issue.<br />I had barely gotten a used one unwrapped when a used 35-105 also arrived and it quickly became a favorite, leaving the 28-85 sitting in storage.<br /><br />Agree the 28-85 zoom range is a good one and I've decided to try dedicating it as the main FD lens on a body I had converted for Infrared shots...so was curious what a number of other users thought about it's IQ.<br />Not sure about the 'build quality' comments but at my age it'll probably outlast me, LOL</p>

<p>Any actual first hand IQ knowledge & experience with this lens would be appreciated.</p>

<p><strong>Canon FDn 400/4.5…..a favorite wildlife lens.<br /></strong><br>

<strong>'Me & My Shadow'.....caught good side light <strong>hitting this Male Bluebird fluffed out in the cold</strong><br /></strong></p>

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<p><strong>Canon FDn 35-105/3.5 is a versatile lens<br /></strong><br>

<strong>Infrared Monochrome shot of a restored 1941 Steam Locomotive pulling its load<br /></strong><br>

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<br /><a href="/photodb/user?user_id=2233815">Jim Bielecki</a>, Nov 27, 2016; 12:47 p.m.<br />Bill C, very nice!<br />

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<p><strong>As is your engagement photo with that great grove of White Birch...biggest ones I've ever seen.<br /></strong><br>

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<p><strong>Canon FDn 20mm/2.8 - Infrared Monochrome</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>Strong winds from a front moving in was visibly pushing the clouds across the sky.<br />Noticed a big shaft of sunlight moving across the landscape through a hole in the clouds.<br />Was able to set up and catch it just as it lit up the center section of distant trees.<br /></strong><br /> <br /> <img src="https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5815/30467020773_594c63f122_c.jpg[/img]" alt="" /></p>

<p><strong>Canon FDn 35-105/3.5</strong><br>

<strong><br />Restored 1941 Steam Locomotive originally used for timber logging.</strong><br /><strong>Found a wooded curve, got the schedule, and had good weather.</strong><br>

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<p><strong>Canon FDn 300/4.0-L...30-40 years later, still one of the best FD lenses Canon ever made. <br /></strong><br>

<strong>Yellow-Shafted Northern Flicker (USA), mugging for the camera</strong><br>

<strong>Normally spend a lot of time on the ground probing for food, this one landed on a broken tree trunk.<br />1st photo nestled down resting.....2nd photo getting ready to take off.</strong><br>

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<p>Just the normal basics /nothing special.<br />I do however strictly adhere to one operating principle in my photography...and that is:<br />"Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and then"<br />:)</p>

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

<strong>Portrait of a Red Shouldered Hawk</strong><br>

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Alex, IMO, the Canon FDn 70-150/4.5 lens is one of

their very best...incredible IQ...and if I had that

same lens in a 2.8 I'd think I'd died and gone

to heaven :)

<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>If the Vivitar is one that happens to be made for the Canon FD mount, no additional adapter will be required.<br>

Can you find out which mount Vivitar you have?</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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<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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