Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken about 29 minutes before sunset
Looking at 2 Doe White Tail Deer
Heavily cropped tripod mounted Canon new FD 500mm f4.5 L lens and Sony A7r camera
ISO 200, f4.5, 1/200 second
Exposure corrected by -0.12 Stops; processed in LR6
August 13, 2015
At Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Still playing with the converted A7r before getting into some more serous shooting. Just a shot of some gnarly trees near my pond, shot with Canon nFD 28-85.
I have the deep B/W IR filter from Lifepixel, and the camera creative style is set to B/W. I noticed that whenever I try to set a custom WB, no matter the target (green grass or a white card or a cloud), I always end up with the same setting of 3700k and a "Custom WB Error" message. Not sure I understand why.
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 6:52 AM .
Looking at a Young Buck White Tail Deer in velvet
Heavily cropped tripod mounted Canon new FD 500mm f4.5 L lens and A7r
ISO 800, f4.5, 1/160 second
Exposure corrected by -0.71 Stops; processed in LR6
August 15, 2015
At Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 8:02 PM
Looking at a Doe White Tail Deer
Heavily cropped tripod mounted Canon new FD 500mm f4.5 L lens and Sony A7r camera
ISO 320, f4.5, 1/160 second
Exposure corrected by +0.71 Stops; processed in LR6
August 11, 2015
At Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
The combination of the NEX 7 with Metabones SB coupled to the FD 500mm f8 Reflex (mirror optics) really surprised me. The results speak for themselves; the shoot to keeper rate was about 20% after a bit of practice. Viewing the hummers on the tilted LCD was the key, along with a very narrow pre-focus zone.
I don't quite agree about the 50 1.2 FD L. Sold mine when I needed the money but I thought it was very nice even wide open (there is very little in focus at 1.2 but what there was, was sharp). When replacing, I was choosing between another FD 50 L, Mitakon 50 f0.95 and Sony Zeiss 55 1.8. I went for the Sony and am glad I did but it was close. I wanted at least one AF native prime so went against the 1.2 and being able to adapt it to other systems as well (unlike the two E mount lenses).
I love my FD 85 1.2 L(while old, mine is younger than some of the first version EF 85 1.2 L lenses) but mine has that dissolving bearings issue I think (AHHH, so THAT's what happened).
Three not on you list that I would love to see your take on-
24 1.4 FD L (I love mine even though it looks a bit ratty) this lens doesn't get as much love as I think it deserves. It is (probably) the lightest 24 1.4 going and so plays nicely on A7 series cameras and it is actually a very nice lens still.
Most of the focus ring is from .3m to 3m and only the last tiny fraction goes to infinity so it is not really a lens for landscapes (but still does ok stopped down I think). The price of these was just silly but has come down a bit sometimes.
FD L 80-200 f4. Again, I sold mine but was very happy with it and I think it is a lot better than the non L version.
The 35 TS 2.8 I have never owned this but it seems to still get some love.
A7s with 24 1.4 FD L and an old collapsible rubber hood from another lens (the hood vignettes at closest distances in the corners a little but simple to collapse it then).
