Recent content by Frank Kolwicz

One thing that puzzles me is that I have been using this lens on my 5dII for a year with a Canon glassless converter (essentially an extension tube with a quick aperture ring) without any sign of this issue, so the baffle may do everything that the latest coatings, etc. that have been mentioned...

Thanks, HoppyUK, that makes sense, but I wonder what I can do about it. The FD lenses and the Canon FD extension tubes I have all have at least a single light baffle with a cut out the shape of the film gate. It's located at the rear of the lens, so I'm looking into putting that back into the...

I've had my old FD500L professionally converted to mount to EOS bodies (especially my 5dII), but I now have serious flare in the images. Flare was not present when I used the lens with a glassless Canon adaptor, nor is it visible in the viewfinder, it only shows up in an image, most of the time...