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hinnerker
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 Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 11:18 pm Post subject: Canon FD 2.8/300mm L + 4.5/500mm L on 5DII + NEX 7 |
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hinnerker wrote:
Some of the best telephoto lenses you can buy are the 2.8/300mm and the 4.5/500mm Canon Supertele lenses.
Both lenses are excellent, because of the fluorite glas elements, they use.
And this is my newest aquisition.. the 4.5/500mm L
Elements/Groups: 7 Elements in 6 Groups
9 Elements aperture
4.5-5.6-8-11-16-22-32, in half stops
close distance: 5 m
Dimension:
Length ~ 43 cm
Diameter of frontglas: 128mm
Weight: 2610 g
Comes with Ed Mika 0.75mm FD to EOS Adaptor (was the wrong one, 0.5 type is necessary. I corrected this by myself)
For testing the lens performance, i did use my NEX 7 and my Canon 5D MKII to combine the cams with the lenses.
First shoot only to see, how the 500mm lens performs on infinty and whats about CA's for this combination with the Canon 2 x Extender.
Therefore i did use my NEX 7 via FD Adaptor and attached a Canon 2x Extender (Version 2) to the FD 500mm L lens.
Let us count a bit for the focal lenght.. (2x 500mm=1000mm) x cropfactor 1.5 = 1.500mm for shooting the moon as the ultimate infinity point... this is a crop!
Not bad at all.. 
After adjusting the infinity to get this results in the moon shot, i want to see, how the lens performance is on EOS 5D MKII
So i did a walk in the nearest Zoo..
Lets see some pictures of a flamingo first..
and now lets go in details for that shot..
BOAH... thats really great..
Want some more..?
and the details again..
I own a second telephoto lens from this FD L-Series, the Canon FD 2.8/300mm L... also a very, very great piece of glas...
Before i did the decision to buy the 500mm L lens, i was interested in compairing the
Canon 5D MKII + Canon FD 4.5/500mm L, which gives real 500mm
against
SONY NEX 7 + Canon FD 2.8/300mm L which give virtual 2.8/450mm focal length
So the difference in focal lenght is small.. but whats about image qualitiy?
Let us see.. how the NEX + 300mm combination works against what we have seen from the 500mm lens on the 5D MKII..
NEX 7 + 2.8/300mm L
Details...
All shots are open aperture shots without tri- or monopod, only leaning myself or the lens on walls, edges or something which helps reducing the shake. (no sharpen applied !)
The lens is not to heavy for that kind of use and the easy to use inner focus mechanic (only one floating group inside construction) makes it easy work with those lenses at about 500mm
IMHO both lenses are the best you can buy for telephoto shooting..
Cheers
Henry
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ForenSeil
Joined: 15 Apr 2011
Posts: 2726
Location: Kiel, Germany.
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ForenSeil wrote:
I love these Canon L "telecsopes" 
IQ is always impressive for such problematic focal length/speed combos.
I whish I had one
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ZoneV
Joined: 09 Nov 2009
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Location: Germany
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| Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 7:13 am Post subject: Re: Canon FD 2.8/300mm L + 4.5/500mm L on 5DII + NEX 7 |
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ZoneV wrote:
The FD 500/4.5L is really a greta quality lens!
I was amazed when I got some years ago (pre Ed Mika adapter time) on to convert and repair.
The image quality - even with extension tubes - was absolute great.
And the weight and size make hand holding still possible. With my FD 400/2.8 or 800/5.6 (more than 5kg) it is possible too for me, but quite exhausting and one need much light.
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Comes with Ed Mika 0.75mm FD to EOS Adaptor (was the wrong one, 0.5 type is necessary. I corrected this by myself)
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Thanks for the info here, so it was like I wrote the old thicker adapter.
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Olivier
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Olivier wrote:
Wow 
These pictures are really impressive !
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stingOM
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Location: Ireland
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stingOM wrote:
Indeed they are stunning! |
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poilu
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poilu wrote:
+1 impressive quality !
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danikatia
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| Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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danikatia wrote:
| Olivier wrote: |
Wow
These pictures are really impressive ! |
+1
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LucisPictor
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LucisPictor wrote:
Yes, that's some real pro-gear!!
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