Canon FL 55mm f1.2

Seeing as how this is a canon lens that now has an adapter specifically made to let this gem work with EOS cameras I felt it deserves its own thread.

I will start with shots from my first day with this lens. This is also my first time ever using manual focus, turns out it is easier than I thought!
Here is a self-portrait:

Here are a couple of lenses with my favorite model:

Here are a couple of other random shots from my first day with the FL55:

This shot is at MFD. Not the highest magnification ratio but talk about Razor Thin Depth of Field!!

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Here are some shots from my first outing with the FL 55. Location: Fullerton, CA Arboretum.
All shots wide open f1.2

Content warning: NOT AN IMAGE

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Here are a couple of shots from Peters Canyon Regional Park in Tustin, CA
Every shot is at f1.2

And a crop of the above

Talk about Razor thin (pardon the pun)

Crop

I think this was f4

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Couple of shots from the back yard

Skipjack at f2

A crop to show the detail

F1.2:

Crop

Here is a shot of my daughter through a window with lots of reflection. Try that with AF!!

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Waleriy wrote in post #13265293
IMHO. I think it is better to create a theme about FL / FD / NFD lenses.
Theme one lens will not survive long. ^^)

+1 on this

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Waleriy wrote in post #13265293
IMHO. I think it is better to create a theme about FL / FD / NFD lenses.
Theme one lens will not survive long. ^^)

Gotcha, So I guess it does not make sense to have a forum thread for a Canon SLR lens used on a Canon SLR camera housed in the Canon photography forum?

Should we just have one thread for all Sigma lenses? There are way too many Tokina threads too...............

By the way the description of this forum is "Demo shots from all lenses! One thread per lens."


Now all of this aside I would love to see what other people have done with this excellent lens!!

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I just got my FL 55mm 1.2 on Oct. 13th. I installed the ED Mika adapter in about 5 mins and then promptly ran outside and snapped a few photos wide open at f/1.2

This is a mount conversion kit and only fits the FL 55mm 1.2 (allows full infinity focus)

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FL 55mm 1.2 with Ed Mika EF Adapter

All 55mm f/1.2 ISO100

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Here is a series of quick test shots at different apertures...

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More.... All wide open at f/1.2

Mike Sowsun / SL1 / 80D / EF-S 24mm STM / EF-S 10-18mm STM / EF-S 18-55mm STM / EF-S 15-85mm USM / EF-S 55-250mm STM / 5D3 / Samyang 14mm 2.8 / EF 40mm 2.8 STM / EF 50mm 1.4 USM / EF 100mm 2.0 USM / EF 100mm 2.8 USM Macro / EF 24-105mm IS / EF 70-200mm 2.8L IS Mk II / EF 100-400 II / EF 1.4x II
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More at f/1.2

Mike Sowsun / SL1 / 80D / EF-S 24mm STM / EF-S 10-18mm STM / EF-S 18-55mm STM / EF-S 15-85mm USM / EF-S 55-250mm STM / 5D3 / Samyang 14mm 2.8 / EF 40mm 2.8 STM / EF 50mm 1.4 USM / EF 100mm 2.0 USM / EF 100mm 2.8 USM Macro / EF 24-105mm IS / EF 70-200mm 2.8L IS Mk II / EF 100-400 II / EF 1.4x II
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