Before Christmas I acquired some Canon FD vintage lenses. A 50mm f1.8, a 28mm f2.8 and a 135mm f3.5.
Last week I eventually bought an FD to Sony E Mount lens adapter and this is my first posting with an FD lens.
Unfortunately it's another shot of me. I've decided to put my street portraits and strangers series on hold for a while as the Corona virus starts to take hold. So my testing of the lens is a selfie of me (actually shot by my daughter)
This is a natural light shot using the window in our lounge (right hand side of frame)
The FD 50mm is perhaps one of the original nifty fifties and gets good reviews on the internet. It has S.C coating (Spectra Coating) whereas other FD lenses have S.S.C coating (Super Spectra Coating).
In tests the 50mm F1.8 has held its own against the classic leitz Summicron 50/2 (Leica) especially when shooting from f4-5.6.
@lostphojo cheers David, I've got far too many vintage prime lenses , they stand up well to their modern counterparts, in fact many knock spots off them 😀
@quietpurplehaze haze , all lenses have coatings on them , if you look at them in certain lighting conditions you will see a green / blue / purple reflections ( my Jupiter 135mm has fab purples... you will be pleased to know that ) . The coating helps reduces flare and is used to reduce light reflection and increase light transmission within the lens. Have a peek at your lenses . Some older lenses are coated in thorium which is radioactive but perfectly safe ... well as long as you don't lick it ... i think my Industar n61 is radioactive, a couple of my dad's old Leica lenses are !
@casablanca thanks casa' I gave her guidelines on how to manually focus. The focus peaking facility on the sony a6000 is brilliant, things that are in focus glow, so I just told her twiddle the focus ring until my eyes glow very bright 😀
