Comments on: *G-FD’d Up From the Feet Up! (or, how I saved thousands buying FD lenses)

By: tyson robichaud photography

tyson robichaud photography — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:56:08 +0000

Congrats on the score! I’ve really enjoyed some of the FD optics I’ve come by, not quite as cheaply as you though Have fun with them, I’d love to see what you end up with!

By: jreed865

jreed865 — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:18:41 +0000

Great article! About a year ago I acquired a Lumix GH-1, lightly used, for $300. I already had a Canon 1DS kit with a Sigma 15mm 1:2.8 fisheye, Canon 28-70mm 1:2.8, and Canon 70-200mm 1:2.8. It was a great kit to start (I primarily shoot video and have applied the 75Mbs video hack to the camera). After using a friends Lumix 20mm pancake I dropped $450 for one of my own. I love the lens and don’t regret the purchase at all.

I’ve recently started exploring legacy lenses. I found a Canon FD mount 24mm 1:2.8 at a pawn shop for $20 and ordered a Fotodiox adapter for $21. I’m getting a lot of use out of that lens and it looks great!

Yesterday a friend posted a picture of her AE-1 kit with 4 lenses on Facebook with the caption “goodbye old friend”. I asked what she was doing with it and she said she was taking it to Goodwill. I told her how great I thought those lenses might be and she gave me the kit! I don’t know what lenses I am getting but it looked like 2 primes and 2 zooms. I pick them up in an hour and am looking forward to seeing what I’ve added to my package for free.

As you can probably tell, I am stoked! Once I’ve had a chance to see what I’ve got and test them out I will give you an update.

Thanks for the great article.

By: *Everything you need to know about digital photography. Two years of tips, tricks and various freebies, revisited. «

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:07:53 +0000

[...] *Using Legacy (old) optics on new digital cameras – Pretty much a continuation of the above post, but on a budget [...]

By: tyson robichaud photography

tyson robichaud photography — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:22:17 +0000

Feel free to Inna

By: nomilknocry

nomilknocry — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:54:46 +0000

i sud pull this to the blog

By: *Your Micro 4/3′s camera + your existing lenses = limitless fun. «

*Your Micro 4/3′s camera + your existing lenses = limitless fun. « — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:00:24 +0000

[...] FD’d up from the Feet Up! Using legacy lenses on m4/3 bodies. [...]

By: *Sony NEX5 vs. Panasonic GF1, the showdown. «

*Sony NEX5 vs. Panasonic GF1, the showdown. « — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:19:00 +0000

[...] Using FD, and legacy mount glass on new MILC cameras! [...]

By: tyson robichaud photography

tyson robichaud photography — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 03:26:43 +0000

Thanks Peter,

I’ve been wanting the Voigtlander 40mm pancake for a while and have continually talked myself out of it because I use the EF 35 f/1.4 so often and find it a little harder to justify because of that, but on the GF1 it might be exactly what I need. I look forward to chatting in the future and I’m going to look for the V-40 images on your stream! You may act as the final straw for me

Cheers,

Tyson

By: Peter Aaslestad

Peter Aaslestad — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:34:16 +0000

Nice write up. I too am a GF1 fan, esp. with an EOS>4/3 adapter (although I love the native 20mm/f1.7).
I only wish I’d bought it sooner since it kind of woke me up after a summer of lugging around a big SLR.
I’ve particularly enjoyed using my Voigtlander 40mm/f2.0 “pancake” lens with the GF1 since its focus mechanism is so delightful. I’d bought it for my Canon SLR body and it (re)woke me up to manual focus, so its an easy step to use it as a manual focus lens on the GF1. Highly recommended by this user.
I also have the Voigtlander 20mm, but it is not as good on the GF1 as the Lumix 20mm (it’s a lot slower and very vignette-y).
I enjoy your work and am glad I found you through flickr!
P

By: *About a boy, and his Hasselblad. «

*About a boy, and his Hasselblad. « — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:41:12 +0000

[...] Film seems to be having a bit of a resurgence of late. Why not? Aside from processing cost, it is a very reasonably affordable way to take pictures. The price of quality film equipment has plummeted to near ridiculous levels. I guess it was natural for me to start looking at shooting film again after I have become interested in acquiring old legacy glass for use on my digital cameras. [...]