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Canon FD 15mm/f2.8 fisheye on Fujifilm X-A1

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havanna60 Senior Member • Posts: 1,640
Canon FD 15mm/f2.8 fisheye on Fujifilm X-A1
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Today I received my FD 15mm/f2.8 fisheye lens, which I bought off ebay for 250 Euros. The lens looks stunning on my Fujifilm X-A1. It is terribly easy to focus, and image quality is stunning. I am still waiting for my Metabones FD-FX speedbooster, in a hope that this FD 15mm (as well as my other FD and AI lenses) works perfectly on my X-A1. Here are a couple of test photos. With a regular FD-FX adapter the 15mm provides the same angle of view as a 22.5mm lens on full-frame with some special curving effects inherent from a fisheye lens.

FD 15mm fisheye on the X-A1

Fisheye curves on our terrace. An HDR image combined by HDR Efex Pro (of Google Nik Collection) from three out-of-the camera JPG images taken with the FD 15mm.

Another (3-image) HDR with creative curves taken with FD 15mm.

A plain simple out-of-the camera JPG (no PP of any kind) photo of my brandy bottle on the terrace table. I am terribly happy with this 15mm lens

Here is an video with some still images and vide clips: https://www.flickr.com/photos/99398503@N07/14624893442/

I am looking forward to try it with the speedbooster.

Have fun, Miki

 havanna60's gear list:havanna60's gear list
Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D Nikon D700 Nikon 1 V1 Sony a7 Sony a5100 +9 more
Fujifilm X-A1
16 megapixels • 3 screen • APS-C sensor
Announced: Sep 17, 2013
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