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Gear Talk => Lens Talk => Topic started by: Airy on October 12, 2024, 00:24:09

Title: Canon FD 135/2 on Zf
Post by: Airy on October 12, 2024, 00:24:09

I bought the lens back in 1988 (+/-) and it was perfect on the T90. In the meantime I used it with an adapter on Olympus cameras, with moderate success: the purple fringing at wide apertures was too apparent. It is much more rewarding to use on Zf. Besides, manufacturing quality is high and handling is near-perfect. You just have to get used to the reverse focussing helicoid, coming from Nikon, but the Canon convention is shared by many others including Leica-R.

Title: Re: Canon FD 135/2 on Zf
Post by: Airy on October 12, 2024, 00:28:38

these two are meant to be hanging side-by-side

Title: Re: Canon FD 135/2 on Zf
Post by: Thomas Stellwag on October 12, 2024, 11:01:17

best for me are pic 1 and 5  in this good series
the lower contrast of these elder lenses is a nice change to modern ones 

Title: Re: Canon FD 135/2 on Zf
Post by: golunvolo on October 12, 2024, 18:34:31

Thank you for sharing it Airy.

  In that first image you found a little corner were nature played zen? I keep looking at it. It is calming

Title: Re: Canon FD 135/2 on Zf
Post by: Hugh_3170 on October 13, 2024, 06:56:30

Agree - exactly!

Quote from: golunvolo on October 12, 2024, 18:34:31

Thank you for sharing it Airy.

  In that first image you found a little corner were nature played zen? I keep looking at it. It is calming

Title: Re: Canon FD 135/2 on Zf
Post by: Airy on October 13, 2024, 08:35:06

Quote from: golunvolo on October 12, 2024, 18:34:31

Thank you for sharing it Airy.

  In that first image you found a little corner were nature played zen? I keep looking at it. It is calming

I keep shooting that corner because of variations in lighting, sky cover, weather, algae, things falling on the surface, season, and of course the plants themselves. Another instance of "never twice the same" but never that different of course.