FD 24/2 (not quite converted) wide open on 5D. Keep in mind these are hand-held (in more ways than one) at ISO 1600 at 1/15th and 1/30th...

Nice find... Once again Paul.

Did ya buy a batch of ten?

Nice!

QUICK! everyone buy and convert them and sit on them til the price skyrockets

Hmmm...how does it look "in living color"?

The first one kinda reminds me of a LensBaby shot.

I like the look.

-Mickey

Nah! a man of your ability could produce a shot like that from a pinhole in a matchbox, Paul! I am surprised that, to make matters just a bit more challenging, you didn't chosoe to do it while she blinked

sirimiri wrote:
Hmmm...how does it look "in living color"?

I have no idea, as these were taken under crappy indoor lighting. I haven't even mounted the lens on my camera yet, to be honest. Once I finish the conversion (which I've figured out quite easily) I will put it through more thorough testing and post some stuff.

Mr.Burns wrote:
The first one kinda reminds me of a LensBaby shot.

I like the look.

-Mickey

That makes sense, since I was holding the camera to my face with my right hand and holding the lens near the camera with the other hand. To focus, the mountless lens had to be held about 3-4mm away from the camera mount flange, so some tilt and shift was inevitable (I'm not that good). Sort of like Anden's Franken-tilt, but without the lens pouch "bellows".

philber wrote:
Nah! a man of your ability could produce a shot like that from a pinhole in a matchbox, Paul! I am surprised that, to make matters just a bit more challenging, you didn't chosoe to do it while she blinked

. Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I think I really would have needed AF if she had blinked

simiri, I've corrected the white balance quickly on a couple and dumped them out in colour. Probably not the best shots to judge colour with though, at 1600 under incandescent.

A couple from my nFD 24 f2 taken this morning wide open.....5D....no PP.

Nice samples, Nick!

I'm excited to finish mine and get outside for some testing. I've read very good things about this lens. Some people call it the best lens in the FD line-up. Looking forward to seeing how it performs stopped down, as well.

This is a pretty easy conversion, eh? I'm not done yet, but it is so obvious what needs to be done.

Hi Paul

Congrats on the 24 there are a few gems hidden in the FD line besides the 50L and 85L. To point out a few others for you of high regard 35 F2, 35-105 F3.5, 85 1.8, 80-200 L, 200 F4 macro and 400 F4.5.

burningheart wrote:
Hi Paul

Congrats on the 24 there are a few gems hidden in the FD line besides the 50L and 85L. To point out a few others for you of high regard 35 F2, 35-105 F3.5, 85 1.8, 80-200 L, 200 F4 macro and 400 F4.5.

Yes, I've already converted the 35/2 SSC (concave), and I love it.

I agree about the 35-105/3.5 as it was one of my favourites back in my AE-1P days. I converted a copy of that one too and it turned out to be a crap sample. I might do another some day.

I'm pretty content at 85mm these days (Rokinon) and for tele I have the FD 300/4 L converted (which is stunning!) and an AF 70-210/2.8 Zoom that is sufficient.

I asked about converting this lens a while back and got no response. I've seen tests of it that say it's extremely sharp, but I'm not sure if it'll clear a 5D/5DII mirror. If it will, I'm all for converting it.

As far as I can tell, it'll clear an unshaved mirror at infinity, but I cannot be sure just yet. I'll know more after the weekend. Maybe Nick can comment on this.

BTW, I know some of you must be wondering why the hell I've bought this lens since my main agenda has been selling stuff these days. Let's just say I couldn't pass up a deal this good

The bokeh on the nFD one seems a bit busier than Paul's samples...

-Ed

Ed Sawyer wrote:
The bokeh on the nFD one seems a bit busier than Paul's samples...

-Ed

I noticed this too, but oddly enough the lenses are identical. Canon only ever made the nFD version. I forgot to prepend the "n" in my original post.

Maybe it is because my "hand-holding" resulted in a closer-than-normal minimum focus distance (tube effect), resulting in narrower DOF and more blur. Also, the lighting is much more bright/contrasty in Nick's samples.