Canon FD beauty contest

Nice cameras guys , I think they are all beautiful and you have just provided me the the push to call my repair guy and have my dear old Ftb rebuilt.
I nearly got an F-1 recently but spent too much time thinking about it and a smarted more cultured person grabbed it ... hate it when that happens :)
 
Here's mine:
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It really hasn't gotten much use since I bought the Nikon F2 and I ponder selling it. It's way to nice to be a shelf queen.

William
 
Don't have any pics of my TX, which has been in storage for over a decade, but I still use the F-1n (with a pristine 85mm 1.2L) in the studio for B&W work.

Got a bit of wear and tear, but I try to keep it nice:

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Best,
-Tim
 
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little OT, but any experiences how much does FD lens conversion to EF cost ? and, is it possible todo to Nikon-F ? those FD 50/1.2 and 85/1.2 L lenses are tempting :)
 
FD mount is extremely shallow. FD to EF -> it can be done with converters that have lenses in them only and they significantly degrade performance. Canon did make a converter to use Nikon F on FD cameas but not the reverse.

The only time thing other than FD cameras that FD lenses can be used well on is micro-4/3 digital.
 
wlewisiii said:
FD mount is extremely shallow. FD to EF -> it can be done with converters that have lenses in them only and they significantly degrade performance. Canon did make a converter to use Nikon F on FD cameas but not the reverse.

The only time thing other than FD cameras that FD lenses can be used well on is micro-4/3 digital.
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There is a flickr group for 'FD on EOS' users:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1355321@N20/

I've submitted a few pictures there myself, using a 'Lens Doctor' adaptor and a 1D MIIn. I'm not sure the image degradation is as much as people make out. Some examples:

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All but the first one are straight from the camera. This first one was converted to B&W using Adobe Elements.

To me the metering and focussing is more fiddly, but the results don't seem bad at all.

Best regards,
RoyM
 
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I love using my Canon FD gear. The cost of lenses and cameras is remarkably cheap, but quality of photos produced is fantastic. FD gear in Japan is really under-appreicated in my opinion. Which is good because the prices are low!

The Canon T70 may be ugly, but I think the viewfinder is amazing. The meter is always spot on! The entire set-up cost 15USD $. It is ugly, but darn functional.



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Here is the penultimate FD camera IMHO the T90. I have two. Why? Because they are ugly and no one wanted them! The one looks so well used with the paint loss on the base.


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I rather like most old SLR's, and the Canons are no worse than the competition in the cosmetics department, in my opinion. The F-1's (i.e. all versions), the FTb, the A-1, and AE-1 in black all are quite good looking. But the EF trumps them all. I have one, and want another. Ooh, and it brasses very nicely too.


Black Beauty and Snowy White by Eirik0304, on Flickr
 
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