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ZoneV
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 Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 7:32 am Post subject: Canon FD 500mm f/4.5 L EF mount conversion & Repair & |
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ZoneV wrote:
I have converted a Canon New FD 500 mm/4.5 L super telephoto lens to Canon EF mount for the EOS cameras.
The lens arrived in the lens trunk, very impressive. It is huge - even compared with my own FD 300/2.8L.
The FD mount was broken somewhere - I did not dare to make test photos with that:
After the disassembly
I found the defect - a part on the inner tube was broken:
I repaired this the easy way - because this way was fast and without modification of other original parts of the lens - it is still possible to build the FD mount bck on the lens:
http://www.4photos.de/camera-diy/FD-Ersatzteil-Reparatur-.jpg
I made some parts myself for the iris control:
Furthermore I cleaned the iris:
And optimized a M42 adapter as the new mount:
I need three adapters - with the first I was not statisfied with the holes. The second one was good - apart from it was misaligned :-/
The third one was ok.
Here is a picture of the Canon FD 500/4.5L and my own FD 300/2.8L
http://www.4photos.de/camera-diy/Canon-Supertele-.jpg
And now some pictures made with that lens:
And here: http://www.4photos.de/camera-diy/Canon-FD500-EF-Bajonett.html on my website are more pictures and the German text. Probably I translate that later.
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Olivier
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:44 am Post subject: |
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Olivier wrote:
Wow ! Very impressive.
You have gold in your hands. 
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martyn_bannister
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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martyn_bannister wrote:
It looks like it was well worth the effort. Congrats on a good job done |
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ZoneV
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| Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 10:00 am Post subject: English Version |
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ZoneV wrote:
Yesterday eveneing I translated the DIY site:
http://www.4photos.de/camera-diy/Canon-FD500-4.5L-EF-mount-conversion.html
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marty
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| Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 10:30 am Post subject: |
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marty wrote:
Nice bazooka indeed  and remarkable conversion job. Most important great performance.
Cheers, M.
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ZoneV
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| Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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ZoneV wrote:
Yes, the camouflage is a bit disturbing.
The owner of the lens is natur photographer, I think for his subjects a white lens would be mire disturbing than that one. He has toke the camouflage foli on the backward part which I had to open.
I made my test images on the way to work - and had the camera with lens - or more exact the lens with the camera on it, in the hand, as I entered the office...
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joseph125
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joseph125 wrote:
hey guys,,,,,,
really amazing information shared b ZoneV in his pictures.
i appreciate this ONE ,really works better.
thanks,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,  
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ZoneV
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| Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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ZoneV wrote:
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i appreciate this ONE ,really works better... |
Sorry - I don´t understand? Is a link for "ONE" missing?
Or do I have problems because I am not an native speaker?
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Epiotar, Kameraobjektiv, Anastigmat, Epis, Meganast, Magnagon, Quinar, Culmigon, Novotrinast, Novflexar, Colorplan, Sekor, Kinon, Talon, Telemegor, Xenon, Xenar, Ultra, Ultra Star. Tessar, Janar, Visionar, Kiptar, Kipronar and Rotelar.
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cooltouch
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cooltouch wrote:
Ausgezeichnet! The images on your website are stunning! And thanks for the detailed step-by-step directions as to how you accomplished this conversion!
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