Canon FD 100 f/2, 5D MkII

[trifox]

I'd been waiting for this moment so long..!

IRREGULAR shooting again -- lens simply held in my hand and focusing by moving myself -

One little innovation - I blocked the aperture mechanism to set the aperture at different stops - not only wide open ..

The lens definitely has a little coma wide open but nothing to be worried about --

Stopped down f/4 onwards - it's superb..

The main benefit of this lens is propably bokeh .. CA also very well controlled ...

#1 - wide open


#2 - wide open


#3 - wide open


#4 - wide open


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[spleenone]

Those colour at flowers photos are amazing! Also that portrait is very good. Such pretty glass.

[poilu]

wow! superb portrait & superb series, great colors & bokeh!

[karabud]

Excellent shots Stan!
Great colours&sharpness&contrast

[trifox]

Thanks guys!

I am so happy!! I would say that this lens is so good!

Absolutely easy to manipulate ...

Here's the beauty! It's so NICE and SMALL! only 445g !







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[spleenone]

Nice very nice... a new version... maybe you switch on manual FD bodies if I am not wrong it isn't your first FD glass.

[trifox]

[Spotmatic]

Interesting; I would have expected the lens much bigger! The samples look superb too, so here's one on the lookout for this lens

[trifox]

I would recommend it, Peter.

The f=100 is SO VERSATILE .. long enough but with just minimum distance 1m ..

excellent focal length for snaps - ...

I considered to get this lens after looking at one picture - it was BW portrait on film -- it was great moment!

It took me 4 months to get it -- considering price as well..

and .. there's been an accident on WED you know ..

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[Rolf]

Hi Stan,

when I saw your images I really thought why I bought so much different adapters.

Your results are unbelievable with this technique .... really unbelievable.

[trifox]

Thanks Rolf!

But I MUST say BIG thanks to Spotmatic = Peter ..

He just wrote some post with his FD 85 f1.2 SSC ASPH .. where he mentioned how the lens was held by him to take some shots ..

After this post, I said to myself - hold on!
Any FD lens will be tested in this way.. and if it's OK and I love it .. it will undergo the surgery - conversion

So, basically -- thanks to Spotmatic ..

another thing is how the FD fits into EF mount -- it works great because the outer FD diameter fits very well in EF mount!

One HUGE PAIN is -- focusing -- you must just estimate and then move - back or forward but it's A FUN!!

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[spleenone]

[Orio]

Another advatnage of holding the lens is that you can do the tilt/shift trick

I used to have the EF 100/2, the images looked different from these, much less contrasted. Did you increase contrast or is it at default level?

[trifox]

Orio - this is my standard process (like applied on Zeiss shots)

and in this case, I added contrast a little little bit less against Zeiss pictures or at the same level at least.

I use this profile in my camera:

SHARPNESS = 1
CONTRAST = -4 (the lowest possible level)
SATURATION = -2
COLOR TONE = 0

I use this profile in 99.99 per cent pictures - let's say - ALWAYS.

So, the conclusion is: the lens has really great contrast.
All adjustments are being done in LightRoom in my standard way...

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[Schnauzer]

You are doing such fantastic work with the FD lenses that the price of them is going to start going up.

[ManualFocus-G]

You hand held these? 3, 4 and 11 are simply breathtaking I might have to try the same with some of my non-fitting lenses.

BTW, this looks a great lens!

[aly324]

[Pontus]

I can't find this post, could you please share a link?