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RichardLavigne wrote:
I understand why you've converted them... but to be honest, it pisses me off to see these great old lenses wrecked. Especially the L versions that are extremely hard to find.
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Canon L lenses are easy to find with a little time. But the prices are still high.
I understand that old rare lenses should get into a museum. I think it is not good to have them at some collectors shelfes for the collector only. If a collector have such, I think he should show them for example on the internet.
But what is rare? And what is collectible?
I think there are thousands of FD 300/2.8 made. Mine had fungus, probably because the pre-owner didnŽt use it.
I read that the FD 800/5.6L is made only ~ 178 times. At the moment I wait for its predecessor.
Furthermore why should lenses not been "wrecked", but houses, cranes, ships, kitchen machines, turning lathes 99% of cars.
But for the collectors shake I have made and published reversible ways to convert the lenses to EF mount. It is more work to do, but it could be done.
My definition of reversible is no holes in original FD parts - some people make holes or make changes to the optical setup and call it "reversible".
Jim McCann wrote:
Well, I have most of the FD L lenses sitting on my office floor. Didn't know anyone wanted them any longer? The 500 f4.5 and the 300 f2.8 were top lenses in their day!
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Whow! A dream :-)
Annapurna wrote:
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How do you convert the FD-lenses? Will they work with infinite focus?
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I have rough descriptions on my website, partly only in German language, some in English:
Canon FD 24mm f/1.4 L
Canon FD 85mm f/1.2 L
Canon FD 100mm f/4 Macro
Canon Fd 300mm f/2,8 L
Canon FD 400mm f/2.8 L
Canon FD 500mm f/4.5 L
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