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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · FL 55mm 1.2 to EOS

I'm wondering if anyone here would be interested in converting an FL 55mm 1.2 lens to an EF mount and if it would offer infinity focus on a 40D and or a 5D. Thanks.

Mar 17, 2009 at 10:00 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · FL 55mm 1.2 to EOS

You can get info on this at Cogitech's site http://forum.cogitech.ca/viewforum.php?f=8

Mar 17, 2009 at 10:12 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · FL 55mm 1.2 to EOS

I have a couple and think they are great. Sharp, nice bokeh, user friendly.

Mar 17, 2009 at 04:54 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · FL 55mm 1.2 to EOS

I've got one-- great lens. As good as any of the similar focal length lenses hyped on here. Maybe better:

http://photos.russjuskalian.com/2009/03/05/3.JPG
http://photos.russjuskalian.com/2009/03/05/4.JPG
http://photos.russjuskalian.com/2009/03/06/6.JPG
http://photos.russjuskalian.com/2009/03/07/14.JPG
http://photos.russjuskalian.com/2009/03/07/8.JPG
http://photos.russjuskalian.com/2009/03/07/6.JPG
http://photos.russjuskalian.com/2009/03/07/12.JPG

Mar 17, 2009 at 07:21 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · FL 55mm 1.2 to EOS

I thought I was getting infinity on my 5D at f/1.2, but I'm not actually sure anymore. I can definitely get a fake sort of infinity when it's stopped down.

Mar 17, 2009 at 07:26 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · FL 55mm 1.2 to EOS

is there a step by step tutorial online, how to do a conversation to EOS?

Mar 18, 2009 at 06:55 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · FL 55mm 1.2 to EOS

Are all these pics wide open

?

justruss wrote:
I've got one-- great lens. As good as any of the similar focal length lenses hyped on here. Maybe better:

http://photos.russjuskalian.com/2009/03/05/3.jpg
http://photos.russjuskalian.com/2009/03/05/4.jpg
http://photos.russjuskalian.com/2009/03/06/6.jpg
http://photos.russjuskalian.com/2009/03/07/14.jpg
http://photos.russjuskalian.com/2009/03/07/8.jpg
http://photos.russjuskalian.com/2009/03/07/6.jpg
http://photos.russjuskalian.com/2009/03/07/12.jpg

Mar 18, 2009 at 12:06 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · FL 55mm 1.2 to EOS

Good question. I doubt it. Probably on some. There is too much DOF (for f1.2) on some of these pictures.

esanchez wrote:
Are all these pics wide open

?

justruss wrote:
I've got one-- great lens. As good as any of the similar focal length lenses hyped on here. Maybe better:

Mar 18, 2009 at 01:52 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · FL 55mm 1.2 to EOS

No, these are f/1.4 and f/2.0.

I'm one of those people who thinks you shouldn't shoot at widest aperture just because you can.

<rant>
To me, photographic gear is a means to an end. I can understand that being a gear-based website, many folks here have that equation reversed. That's fine with me (we all have our hobbies), it's just not my primary interest.

I see so many photos that are ruined, on this website, by TOO LITTLE dof. Which is funny to me. We rush to get such fast aperture lenses, only to descend into a kind of generic, totally isolated image that anyone else with a camera and a fast lens can reproduce. I know I've fallen into this trap myself.

Yes, I'm saying that super-fast apertures are a trap that induce crap photography nine times out of ten.

</rant>

The FL 55 f/1.2 is great wide open, but (see rant above) dof is so shallow that in most cases it's pointless. Also, like the Rokkor (or 85L), I think the FL tames itself one or two clicks down. I tend to prefer shooting it around that range, unless I'm specifically looking for the way this draws wide open (with a bunch of glow).

Russ

Mar 18, 2009 at 03:41 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · FL 55mm 1.2 to EOS

Here's wide open. Don't have 100% crops available right now. Focus is on the fabric of the chair... and it's sharp.

http://photos.russjuskalian.com/2008/10/24/1.JPG

I think this is with the FL too, wide open:
http://photos.russjuskalian.com/2009/01/10/1.JPG

Mar 18, 2009 at 04:04 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · FL 55mm 1.2 to EOS

I am with you 100%. I use my 85L a lot but almost never shoot at f1.2!

Having said that, the last b/w image you posted worked really well at f1.2!

justruss wrote:
No, these are f/1.4 and f/2.0.

I'm one of those people who thinks you shouldn't shoot at widest aperture just because you can.

<rant>
To me, photographic gear is a means to an end. I can understand that being a gear-based website, many folks here have that equation reversed. That's fine with me (we all have our hobbies), it's just not my primary interest.

I see so many photos that are ruined, on this website, by TOO LITTLE dof. Which is funny to me. We rush to get such fast aperture lenses, only to descend into a kind of generic, totally isolated...Show more →

Mar 18, 2009 at 04:33 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · FL 55mm 1.2 to EOS

Thanks bobbytan.

Mar 18, 2009 at 06:42 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · FL 55mm 1.2 to EOS

Thanks everyone for the great pics and comments!

Mar 21, 2009 at 09:09 AM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · FL 55mm 1.2 to EOS

Any samples of pictures taken with this lens...

bobbytan wrote:
Jim Buchanan converted this FL 55/1.2 to an EOS mount.

Mar 23, 2009 at 11:32 AM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · FL 55mm 1.2 to EOS

esanchez wrote:
Any samples of pictures taken with this lens...

Not sure if I wasn't clear, but the photos posted above are from an FL 55/1.2 converted to EOS mount. Taken on a 5D.

Mar 23, 2009 at 11:41 AM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · FL 55mm 1.2 to EOS

I have one sitting here that I love to send to Jim for conversion. But what I like to know first is that if it clears the 5D's un-shaved mirror at infinity or not.

Input?

Mar 23, 2009 at 11:46 AM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · FL 55mm 1.2 to EOS

It doesn't - it needs a mirror shave.

Mar 23, 2009 at 01:42 PM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · FL 55mm 1.2 to EOS

<--- supposed to be a crying face?!

Mar 23, 2009 at 03:59 PM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · FL 55mm 1.2 to EOS

Not on my copy of the 5D II. I think if you tell Jim that you are using this lens on a FF body he will know what to do. My copy was already converted before I got it.

wiregen wrote:
It doesn't - it needs a mirror shave.

Mar 23, 2009 at 07:46 PM

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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · FL 55mm 1.2 to EOS

First of all, those flower photos are incredible.

I tried a 12mm extension tube on a 50mm lens and there was a distance gap between the lens @ minimum and lens w/ 12mm ext., so I made this thing with a 9mm thickness:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3463/3380617875_203658c22a_o.jpg
It starts where the 50mm leaves off at closest focus.

As far as the FL 55/1.2 on a 5D is concerned, with the mirror box variation, its a hit or miss proposition, literally. Some have sacrificed infinity for mirror clearance. There are so many variables, I can not take the liability of grinding down someone else's rare rear lens housing, without the matching 5D camera.

Mar 23, 2009 at 11:07 PM

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