Alan WF

This is the only lens on your list that I have. I like it a lot, and if I had to keep only one lens, this might be it. That said, I'm not sure I would call it legendary. It's fine at f/2.8, but ...

We have a porn thread; are you going to start a snuff thread? Regards, Alan

Thanks for your kind and stimulating comments. First Hank's comments: Thanks. They feel different to me too. The color ones feel like lifeless descriptive photos from Wikipedia; the B&W ones convey ...

I was channeling Juan Rulfo , but OK. Alan

We recently visited Xochicalco, the ruins of a pre-Colombian hill-top town a bit more than an hour south of Mexico City, and to our surprise had the place almost to ourselves. I took along a Canon ...

We recently visited Xochicalco, the ruins of a pre-Colombian hill-top town a bit more than an hour south of Mexico City, and to our surprise had the place almost to ourselves. I took along a Canon ...

One down side for street photography is that this lens is not unobtrusive. See my photo in the gear porn thread. In FD mount, you might be better off with the 28-55/3.5-4.5 . This is about the size ...

I recently acquired a Canon New FD28-85mm f/4, and I've been getting to know it over the last couple of weeks. The focal distance range and speed are adequate for much of my photography, it's ...

Superb. Your photographs really capture the experience. They bring back memories of Boxing Day walks along the beach at Redcar, when I was a boy. Regards, Alan

I've been getting to know this over the last couple of weeks. The focal distance range and speed are adequate for much of my photography, it's sharp enough, and the zoom and focus rings are well ...

An invitation to all members to dust off your precious glass and head out to take some pictures: the real reason for the existence of all those lenses in the first place. Please post here your ...

Steve, Beautiful lens. However, I'm pretty sure that hideous orange A7II will be giving me nightmares tonight! Regards, Alan

I'd expect short lenses like the 50/1.4 would be less likely to suffer this damage than physically longer lenses. Regards, Alan

Use it on the Maxxum with film. :-) Regards, Alan

Hi there, If you look at the flange focal distances of the FD and EF lenses, you'll see that EF lenses mount further away from the sensor than FD lenses. So, the more natural way to do what you're ...

Lens arrived today. Owner rather excited. Regards, Alan Canon New FD28-85mm f/4 on Sony α6000 with Zhongyi Lens Turbo II

During the winter break we took the kids to the Reserva de Biosfera de la Mariposa Monarca ( Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve ), about two-and-a-half hours from our home in Mexico City. The ...

During the winter break we took the kids to the Reserva de Biosfera de la Mariposa Monarca ( Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve ), about two-and-a-half hours from our home in Mexico City. The ...

For a given framing of subject, the blur at infinity is more or less proportional to the physical size of the aperture. Wide open, both a 50/1.4 and 100/2.8 have 35 mm apertures (50 mm divided by ...

My objection is to street photography of people in difficult circumstances without consent or at least a connection . This is not a novel position; you will find similar statements in both of the ...