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Canon FD 50-300 f4.5 L
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:37 am
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:37 am
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This is a CUSTOMER LENS.

I am finishing with the mount .. but aperture not finished yet.

I must admit - this is a strange lens -- Cool

- it's heavy -- I really do not know why Canon produced such a zoom 50-300

I think -- 100-300 is enough - never mind...

1 - sharpness -- superb
2 - bokeh -- hmm _ I do not know - I don't like it too much
3 - colours -- stunning and warm = exactly what I like - it doesn't have to be everyone's taste
+ true apo performance = no fringing or any significant CA even wide open

Colours are simply stunning ..

There is no PP in colours! LightRoom did its jobs and I changed Adobe to CameraFaithful

The lens is quite rare and HEAVY!! It's a proper chunky and heavy stuff, simply pure metal and glass !!!

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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:31 am
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:31 am
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Beautiful color rendering! I was looking for one for quite a while but besides the fact that's pretty rare it fetches big prices.
Any photos with the long end? I mean distant subjects.


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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:21 am
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:21 am
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. Can you show us a pic of the lens ?

Wink


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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:19 am
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:19 am
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Great results! Colours are fantastic!


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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:50 pm
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:50 pm
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it's very difficult to find a zoom that goes from normal to supertele and has a good bokeh
Simply the quantity of the elements involved and the quite likely retrofocal design are factors
that work against a good bokeh
For the rest I'd say that what I see is surely impressive, although it seems that sometimes (e.g. photo #7)
you have added some saturation, too.


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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:12 pm
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:12 pm
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Awesome performance, love them all! You're the main reason why I hold
on to my A-1 and FD glass. Smile


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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 6:46 pm
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 6:46 pm
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thanks to all for comments.

Himself - I need to dig out something..

Orio = trust me! Smile the saturation is untouched and this is my settings in camera:

Sharpness = 1
Contrast = totally minimized = -0
Saturation = -2
Color tone = 0

and here's the LightRoom window:



and this is the detail -- from the number 6:



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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:01 pm
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:01 pm
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FD L glass are truly stunning Shocked


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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:06 pm
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:06 pm
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STUNNING ! Shocked

Love the 2nd shot.
And I don't think there's something wrong about the bokeh of this lens Wink

Cheers
Tobias


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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:11 pm
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:11 pm
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Here a link to the Canon Camera museum with a pic and some technical dates about this beast.

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/lens/nfd/data/zoom/nfd_50~300_45l.html

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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:08 pm
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:08 pm
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Wow


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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 2:30 am
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 2:30 am
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Rolf wrote:
Here a link to the Canon Camera museum with a pic and some technical dates about this beast.

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/lens/nfd/data/zoom/nfd_50~300_45l.html

Wink


What a great walkabout lens Shocked

The pics are fantastic, it's a feat of engineering if not ergonomics.


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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:05 am
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:05 am
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Great samples. Would love one for my T90.


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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 3:05 pm
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 3:05 pm
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Beautiful all of them. The lense seems like a gem. Your skills aren't bad either.


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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:38 pm
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:38 pm
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Reaaly impressive and wonderfully presented. Very Happy


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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 2:09 pm
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Hi, i've just gotten one like new and i'd like to have some information about your conversion.

thank you
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