Canon FD 300mm f/4

Just found this lens on Ebay for $80. As noted at a few reviews I read, fringing is heavy in certain lighting, like when the sun is shining on stuff. Most often I shoot in mild light even with lenses that could keep fringing to a minimum. I used this same flower recently to test a Canon 60mm macro. I found this Canon FD 300mm to be a very comfortable weight, smooth focus, and leaving the colors fairly natural looking. From the few photos I've taken testing it, I'm already certain this is a keeper, even if I get an EF 300mm sometime.


This is cropped about 50%, taken from 10 feet away, at f/16, natural light coming from the home office sliding glass door.

Here's a portrait taken with this lens. The background color are oak leaves about 130 ft. behind. This was in the shade, on a sunny autumn afternoon, using one speedlite and umbrella. The camera body used was a Canon EOS R w/ Fotodiox adapter. I think this was shot at f/5.6 ...

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Are FD converters availble for the R? That's good to hear.

Great shots, good examples.

CyberDyneSystems wrote in post #18962175
Are FD converters availble for the R? That's good to hear.

Great shots, good examples.

Yes, one, even several converters. Apparently the FD to EF use an optical element, so I just skipped that option, and just got the FD > EOS R / RF adapter because there's no extra glass interfering ... just open all the way through.

Apparently there's an FD to EF-M adapter too, and I may get one of those also if our son who bought my M5 would like to try it.

Here's that lens with the adapter FD > EOS R (RF). I recently bought a small product photography cube, and finally tinkered with it today. Shot all my lenses in it, including this Canon FD 300mm f/4 with the adapter.