Older FD/FL lenses/bellows

[McDonald]

Hi. Have some older specialty Canon lenses, especially a FL bellows unit and Macro lenses. Are these adapatable to modern cameras in the Canon line? Beautiful pieces! Fun to get back into this aspect again! Thanks

[kvbarkley]

Not easily.

[wq9nsc]

Film has made something of a nostalgia comeback with some new formulations being introduced so perhaps buying a classic Canon SLR film body (plenty of them on ebay) would be a perfect use for these classic lenses.

Rodger

[kvbarkley]

It will have to be a really old camera, since the EF mount was introduced in 1987.

[wq9nsc]

I remember! I bought an EOS 650 in 1988 to replace my AE-1.  But those FD/FL mount cameras aren't old, they are classics 🙂

Rodger

[kvbarkley]

Apple just explained the difference between"Vintage" and "Obsolete"

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201624

[wq9nsc]

Sounds like they discovered what garbage the "beats" branded stuff was with their immediate obsolescence 🙂

The SR-500 communications console produced by Hallicrafters only during 1955, expensive as a new car at the time and very rare.  I completely restored this one and it is vintage and rare but fully functional and not yet obsolete.

Rodger

[kvbarkley]

Nice. I have a friend who is restoring the radio shack on the USS Iowa in San Pedro.

[wq9nsc]

I am really glad to see that aspect of the old warships being restored properly, good for him!

Rodger

[RobertTheFat]

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@wq9nsc wrote:

I remember! I bought an EOS 650 in 1988 to replace my AE-1.  But those FD/FL mount cameras aren't old, they are classics 🙂

Rodger

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Were those the ones where the lens screwed into the body, or am I just showing my age?

(In my defense, I spent the film era in the Nikon world and had little exposure to Canon products.)