Canon FD 50mm f/1.4 Video Test

I recently picked up a vintage Canon nFD 50mm f/1.4 lens on eBay for around £100 and adapted it to my Sony A7iii camera body using a FD-NEX mount adapter (£15).  I also added a basic, slightly stretchy 62mm 3D printed follow focus gear to the lens’ focus barrel (“Seamless” branded from Amazon, £7.50) to make it easier to focus behind the camera with a follow focus (Neewer £25).  Here’s a test video:

Note: the opening/exiting wide-view shot wasn’t on the FD 50mm (that was the 28mm FD 2.8) and a “Meike” 10mm extension tube (£20 for a set of two) was used for the close-up shot on the pen.

Published by JamesClark1991

Cardiff - Sound Tech grad - Camera hobbyist

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