Canon fd glass

[finnolydorb]

I'm thinking of buying either a 55 f1.2 or an 85 f1.8 fd lens to adapt to canon eos. Looking for any insights as to how they perform wide open as the wide apertures and low price are the main selling points for me. Any information I should know about would be useful really although I am aware that they are full manual lenses.

Thanks

 

[ascent_studios]

Doesn't work with canon eos unless you buy an adaptor with the glass inside that widens the focal length. Because of the flange distance the lenses will be magnified a lot so a 55 is actually like a 110mm i think.

 

[eheath]

Doesn't work with canon eos unless you buy an adaptor with the glass inside that widens the focal length. Because of the flange distance the lenses will be magnified a lot so a 55 is actually like a 110mm i think.

Yeah, if you want an old film lens to use on EOS, go nikon. The adapter is like $5 and its just a thin piece of metal, works great.

 

[ascent_studios]

Yeah, if you want an old film lens to use on EOS, go nikon. The adapter is like $5 and its just a thin piece of metal, works great.

btw just picked up a 70-210 f4 e-seires that you recommended to me. Should be here by next week! Super stoked

 

[eheath]

btw just picked up a 70-210 f4 e-seires that you recommended to me. Should be here by next week! Super stoked

Nice man! the push pull is kind of hilarious, but it works. I love that lens, looks super good with my gh3.

 

[mike_e]

Nice man! the push pull is kind of hilarious, but it works. I love that lens, looks super good with my gh3.

Just out of curiosity, how often do you use fd glass in edits, commercial work, etc?

 

[finnolydorb]

Doesn't work with canon eos unless you buy an adaptor with the glass inside that widens the focal length. Because of the flange distance the lenses will be magnified a lot so a 55 is actually like a 110mm i think.

thanks for the input I'll go for Nikon if I get one.

 

[finnolydorb]

Nice man! the push pull is kind of hilarious, but it works. I love that lens, looks super good with my gh3.

Thanks for the help. I'm assuming it ranges in quality, but in your experience, how sharp is fd glass?

 

[eheath]

Just out of curiosity, how often do you use fd glass in edits, commercial work, etc?

Thanks for the help. I'm assuming it ranges in quality, but in your experience, how sharp is fd glass?

First of all, the lens we're talking about is a nikon lens, 70-210 e series.

I've never used FD lenses, kinda worthless IMO when you have shit tons of old nikon glass laying around that is fantastic.

That nikon 70-210 is tack sharp, little iffy at full 210, but around 190-200 its sharp as fuck, the f4 is a letdown for low light but for skiing shit, its real nice.

People get kinda butt sore about the push pull, but honestly it works just fine.