Archive 2009 · Mamiya 645 AFD and FD canon 85 1.2

Dim.ka_
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p.3 #1 · p.3 #1 · Mamiya 645 AFD and FD canon 85 1.2

mMontag please see the image http://album.foto.ru/gen_photo_preview.php?ns_type=0&photo_id=1013296.jpg, on the left is fd 85 1.2L converted to EOS mount on the right mamiya mount - it is obvious that the only way to put this lens on mamiya body is to put the new mount.

Mar 13, 2010 at 03:00 PM

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p.3 #2 · p.3 #2 · Mamiya 645 AFD and FD canon 85 1.2

Makten wrote:
Personally I don't get it since the removal of the rear element has totally ruined the image quality. Cool idea, but I'm not impressed by anything other than the effort.

Kudos for trying it out!

I don't get it either. Why dumb down a good lens?

Mar 13, 2010 at 05:09 PM

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p.3 #3 · p.3 #3 · Mamiya 645 AFD and FD canon 85 1.2

Jim, i have got this lens without rear lens already and i have normal eos converted fd 85 1.2L and ssc asph 85 1.2, so why not to use this "half" good lens in other project. As i have showed before it is very good performer on Mamiya 645 AF/AFD body when you stop down by f2 -f4, so here is a question of sensor area and f stop, it is nice to have two different characters in one lens just changing f stop.

Mar 13, 2010 at 05:28 PM

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p.3 #4 · p.3 #4 · Mamiya 645 AFD and FD canon 85 1.2

Yeah Dim.ka_

I was writing at the same time you posted that first one. Quite the surgery, that explains why all the shots are at f1.2.

Mar 13, 2010 at 05:35 PM

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p.3 #5 · p.3 #5 · Mamiya 645 AFD and FD canon 85 1.2

Actually there are shots at f2-f4 as well, i have showed more f1.2 just because it is unusual to see such f stop on MF body.

Mar 13, 2010 at 05:56 PM

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p.3 #6 · p.3 #6 · Mamiya 645 AFD and FD canon 85 1.2

If you stop down, what's the point? A 80/2.8 will yield a thousand times better results at f/2.8.
I really like the idea of f/1.2 on MF, but not if the image quality is like that from a Lens baby.

Edit: How about flipping the mirror up and use it with scale focusing, with the rearmost element in place?

Mar 13, 2010 at 05:59 PM

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p.3 #7 · p.3 #7 · Mamiya 645 AFD and FD canon 85 1.2

While I salute your creative engineering I can't enjoy the pictures themselves. Most are not sharp even at these sizes and bokeh is, well, how shall I put it mildly? With a lot of character....

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

Mar 13, 2010 at 06:11 PM

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p.3 #8 · p.3 #8 · Mamiya 645 AFD and FD canon 85 1.2

Wonderful look that you have created here, very inspirational.

Thanks for posting and thanks for explaining your images.

Genius!

Mar 14, 2010 at 12:54 PM

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