I found this lense and have no idea what it is!

It really is a shame they can't make cameras and lenses they way they used to.

My dad has a ton of FD-era gear. Three bodies and numerous lenses. They are all tanks, you could probably play football with them and not have to worry about any damage. Im thinking of looking into getting some high-quality lenses for them (since they are fairly cheap nowadays) and doing some more film work in addition to my digital.

Thordic wrote in post #2182713
It really is a shame they can't make cameras and lenses they way they used to.

My dad has a ton of FD-era gear. Three bodies and numerous lenses. They are all tanks, you could probably play football with them and not have to worry about any damage. Im thinking of looking into getting some high-quality lenses for them (since they are fairly cheap nowadays) and doing some more film work in addition to my digital.

I was doing some shooting from the back of a moving car once (with the tailgate open), we bounced over a pothole and I dropped the camera. It hit the road, bounced and rolled along for some distance. The lens glass was toast but the barrel was fine and still zoomed and focused OK (or at least it would have if the glass was alright, all the movements were fine). Impressively, the camera itself (an A-1) was fine apart from a few new dings in the body. I stuck a different lens on and carried on shooting.

The current equivalent to the A-1 would be my 5D I suppose (The A-1 being the top of the regular cameras, with just the F-1 pro-level body above it). I wonder how my 5D would survive such treatment, hopefully I never have to find out

Frankly, I would never treat the digitals as badly as my old tanks as they wouldn't survive. I have just bought a suction mount for attaching a camera to the side of a car, I don't expect the 5D will ever be attached to it. I may well risk the 20D but only after I have tested it with the A-1 a few times.

Yeah with FD gear you don't have to worry about padded pouches, etc. As long as the end caps are secure you can just toss the lenses loose into a bag and not have to worry about them getting damaged. My dad uses a photo bag with just one compartment and has about 4-5 lenses and two camera bodies in there all loose. In 30-odd years, he's never had any damage.

Definitely an FD mount on a third-party lens - it's not Canon.

hey, ive been gone all day and didnt have time to post, but the front lense cap in the picture is from my kit lense. i just put it there so it wouldnt roll off the table. But the back cap where you screw it into the camera says canon in a old school font. Is there a way to get adapters for these to work on our DSLR's cause i dont mind having to auto focus.

KROHN27 wrote in post #2183213
Is there a way to get adapters for these to work on our DSLR's cause i dont mind having to auto focus.

You could, but you shouldn't.

Thordic wrote in post #2182713
It really is a shame they can't make cameras and lenses they way they used to.

My dad has a ton of FD-era gear. Three bodies and numerous lenses. They are all tanks, you could probably play football with them and not have to worry about any damage. Im thinking of looking into getting some high-quality lenses for them (since they are fairly cheap nowadays) and doing some more film work in addition to my digital.

Yep, I have even fended off an attacking dog with a Ftb+lens mounted on a tripod, the kit did not even notice.