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Chasing Classic Cameras with Chris -
An original version (l) Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 chrome nose lens from November 1971. I love these early Canon chrome nose gems as they look so classic mounted on the first Canon F-1.
The FD 50mm f/1.8 is a sharp alternative to the f/1.4 and often at a much better price.
I have this one in my camera shop at www.ccstudio2380.com
Thanks, Chris
Quick first round of shots (wide open) at the nearest park with the newly arrived manual focus Canon FD 135mm f2.0 lens. These are all SOOC handheld shots with the lens mounted on a Sony a5000. Most of taken directly into the late afternoon sun. Even the built-in lens hood couldn't help much here.
I just cooked up this little fixture to help locate a front derailleur braze-on. The radius of the inside surface of the boss is 5mm, so I turned a rod to 10mm. The face of that radius is supposed to be 8.7mm in front of the center line of the seat tube, so I milled a flat on the back of my rod that is 8.7mm from the other side. I turned a little groove and then drilled and taped a hole in line with the groove and orthogonal to the flat. The groove helps you set the distance from the center of the bottom bracket. So that little rod works in concert with a tube block and a couple clamps. I haven't brazed the boss on yet and checked its position, but I'm optimistic...