Ken, If I was to pull a number from the air to stick on this lens, it wouldn't be much. Medium and large format Ektar's only go for ~$100, mounted in a ...
... A newbie here with my 2 cents worth. Nothing is relative and beauty really is where you find it. I can only imagine there must be great stuff there to ...
Well I knw about the Ektar, and by the standards of the time it was an excellent lens. My comment was comparing it to the lesser of the two 135mm Canon S.C....
Susan, Welcome Mark W. Here I'm a little north of you in Silverton, Oregon. What gear do you shoot? What type of stuff do you shoot? There a few of us from...
300mm f2.8 Flourite if it is the FD mount and not the FL. especially if you can find the rather rare dedicated 2X that goes with it. VERY simular to the 2X-A...
Chris Rolland <chris_i_rolland@...> wrote: Any answers to part II of my post anyone? While I'm on the evil site, another opinion . . . Canon 300mm f2.8...
Quite true about the aero ektars... google for more. The lenses for the medalist were really quite good, but they are MF lenses with simple coatings, designed...
There are Ektars and then there are Ektars. Even the cheapest (eg 127mm) were very good, even when uncoated. The prized Commercial Ektars (eg 12") beat...
Guess I don't understand what you mean about the ektars fairing well against the FDs or your money being on the f/2.5. They are completely different lenses...
Whenever I set the lens to the "A" mode I get EEEE EE. I've used three different lenses. The stop-down lever wasn't pushed in at any time so the reset doesn't...
I'm about to buy a 300 or 400mm Canon lens. I've never wanted that length previously (no interest in wildlife photos)... Now I've got some environmental...
... I've owned the 300mm f/4 and the 300mm f/4L, both in new FD mount. I got the L mainly because Adorama made a pricing error and listed an L for the price...
I get the E warning now and then. Try moving that little lever under the film advance lever, press the shutter button to fire the camera and then advance film...
When I push the little lever in it still shows the error. In order for the camera to fire at this point, I have to cock the big lever and take the lens out of...
The best 400mm lens you can buy for Canon FD is the 400mm f4.5 nFD. followed by the older S.S.C. version (the older version is not setup for use with the...
... I've had the 300/4L and it was the best longer lens I've ever owned, absolutely amazing color rendition and very high contrast indeed. The slides looked...
Hi, I have an Orion 130EQ reflector that works very well. The astronomy club I'm in recommends a six inch dob for a starter scope, I got the 130eq as someones...
... I'm not real familiar with the area myself. The Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument is close by, about an hour SE of Billings on I-90. ...
Hi, The flash is semi-auto or fully manual and not dedicated to any camera. A camera with a hot shoe or pc socket can be used. Use the camera in manual mode,...
Can you recomend a better mount/tripod in the same price class? Also, do you think the mount would be more accurate if I used a pier instead of a tripod? I...
Yes-but after you use the little lever to release the big one and recock the shutter, move the A ring all the way to widest A then back all the way to full...
Mark, I have a copy of that brochure in my hand. There's a handy little table in the middle listing the specs for the various FD lenses of the time. I'll...
... There are a few of us telescope/CanonFD users here so your questions are on topic but you might find an astrophography group has more resoures for you....
Djon, I get the joke your making. The problem with the 400mm f2.8 isn't even it's total weight it is it's balance with a 161mm front end and all the glass...
Just FYI, and you may have seen this already, this is a shot taken with the 400/4.5 *wide open* - so not at its sharpest aperture. Very narrow DOF as ...
Yeah, duh, I suppose I should have quantified my remarks by talking about contrast and sharpness, I prefer to use Ilford Pan-F for my portrait shots ;-) ... ...
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