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The image circle is different on the older glass. The EOS lenses have a wider body opening, which is also why Canon can have a 85mm f/1.2 and Nikon only gets a 85mm f/1.4 lens to work. On the turn side, my latest Nikon body can use a Nikkor F mount lens from the 1960s without a problem, meters like the latest VR lens, just need to tell the camera about the lens (preset).

The EOS stuff I used in the 1990s would still stand up to the modern versions minus the IS stabilization, which you can work around in most scenarios. My favorite lens for all around shooting at the time was the Canon EF 35mm-350mm f/3.5-5.6 L USM - even today on the used market not a bargain lens, but for 700 to 800 dollars it's a versatile pro lens for anything but marginal low light shooting.

On the other hand, the 5D has enough resolution that you can crop off your vingette circle and just stick with the lenses you have. The bigger issue is image quality - In general: glassless FD-EOS adapters will not let you focus to infinity, glass/lenses containing adapters are generally of poor quality. The one exception is the original Canon adapter with lenses: it is expensive, even 2nd hand and it works with some teles only.

So to get the most out of your EOS body, you really should look into some EOS compatible glass.

 

I am one of their customers. My usual pattern is to rent from them, fall in love with the fancy and far too expensive gear and then I end up buying it... careful. Excellent company. Their gear is always top notch, lenses are perfectly calibrated, sometimes better than new from factory.

For night shots, a tripod is more useful than stabilization, unless you're thinking high ISO urban street photography where subject is more important than image quality. For that type of shooting a stabilized lens will get you a huge gain in keeper images.

 

One thing to watch out for with long exposures is the "hot pixel" problem - sensor gets hot during a 15 minute expsoure. Look for "Dark Frame Subtraction," which is the method used to deal with the problem. There's really no way around that with digital, just like color shift with film wasn't avoidable. With Photoshop you can fix the digital issues quite easily.

 

Ha, I am in Memphis now, I am flying out around 7PM tonight (Tuesday).

CD

 

My favorite dog photo is one I took of Teddy, AKA "Psycho-Poodle," when he was still quite young. He was in a very playful mood, and was jumping to grab the camera, for some reason -- maybe it looked like a toy, to him. I snapped this shot, and I love it. It really captures his personality.

 

Love it! Do you have the shot as taken. I'd love to see if I could recover his nose details in Photoshop.

 

Nice did you fit that in the coupe?

 

One of these is not like the others......

 

Interesting subject matter.

 

I really do like this shot... it's beautiful.

 

Great picture.

 

Wow that there is one great shot!. Well done.

 

What are you doing in Key West, the land of the liberal hippies? Did the wife want a six toed cat?

Oh well, maybe it will loosen you up a little. Eat some fish, and take a few bong hits. Come back a better person.

 

Beautiful R53

 

Great pictures. Really like the John Player Lotus.

 

Yeah, we got to see them at Donnington. The guys that run the place get to take them out and make sure that they are all running....what a gig.

 

Nothing says Halloween like a skeleton horse.