Adam Langdon wrote:i had been following the Canon FD lenses since watching Media Division's episode on that line of lenses.
Simmod Lens has just came out with a v2 mod kit for FD to EF.
The price of the FDs has nearly tripled in some cases, as more and more people are getting into them. Simmod even came out with a Canon FD mount for Arri and RED cameras!
Personally, I haven't had the best experience trying to use vintage still lenses for video. They tend to be inconsistent with quality, overpriced for CZ & FD, and lack professional cine lens features that i've grown to love. Every since i got my APO Microprimes, i haven't looked back.
There are plenty of lenses made today that can provide character without the headache. The SLR Magic APOs look really nice and I would easily recommend the look from those over any vintage glass I have used which to an extent... includes Takumar, Zeiss CY, Canon FD. The Zeiss are I think OK and best of the bunch, but still I would prefer modern Zeiss over the old ones.
I do not personally find busy bokeh, lots of aberrations, fringing, ghosting, excessive veiling glare, and unacceptable sharpness to be "good character" in a lens, its just annoying to shoot around. Lots of times the "character" with these lenses are due to putting them onto a sensor instead of film and other times the glass has problems like fungus, decentering, lenses out of alignment, etc. that users do not get fixed.
To each their own as they say.