hahah you say that kiewslowski should have used this lens, hahah that makes me :D

hahah

ouh!, and i manage to get a parcial refund, because the seller didn´t state correctly the mechanical defectiveness, so i end up paying U$120, wich is better :)

and is better, because i also just make a deep clean of the lens and improve the smoothness :)

well it has arrived, i would never buy a zoom again if i´m buying from a non local area, the mechanical parts are quite defficient in my unit

but in the optics side, it is in good state, i kind of like it, looks oldish, it is different than the prime i have, but it has like a photographic look (specially with the nostalgic setting) instead of a cinematic look (i seriously don´t know if anyone would understand that statement, but :) ), i´ll keep it, it´s a pretty big and heavy lens

i only regret to have paid that much, probably not the best buy,
softer at higher focals, sharper as it gets wide

the pics are in-camera jpeg from a video (look at the name to know what it is)

Love the FD 50mm 1.4. Razorsharp.

@kazuo
i end up payng CLP 85000, wich is like USD 160, i will be using it for stop motion animations, and shootings on the fly

but :), well let see.. it hasn´t arrive yet,
i hope that is not that far of my 50mm 1.4,
because i didn´t know that the look of a zoom lens differs from a prime

Zoom is better for event shooting.

@lolo

I tried the Canon FD 35-70mm this year, and sold it back to the second hand dealer. I discovered that unless you are shooting stills, zoom lenses are not optimised for video. The DOF and bokeh effects are different from fixed primes, so at 35mm for instance, if you put a fixed lens and a zoom side by side, obviously the images will not be 100% the same.

What's your purpose of trying out the zoom? Why not try a fixed 35mm, and a 85mm? And in between you have 40mm, 50mm, 55mm lenses to play with?

2009 – X
2010 – Y
2011 – Z
2012 – ?

It looks like Canon also agree that 2012 is end of the world :-)

has anyone tried the
Canon Fd 35-70mm 2.8-3.5 S.S.C.??
i´m thinking of buying one for U$200, is that overpriced for what it is ? or is it worth it?, it looks mint though, any help?

The Kiron 24mm is quite good, I really use it a lot on my GH2 (only marginally behind the Rokkor 24mm, which was on top in it's time). I don't know about the 28mm, though. Rumour has it that Kiron was founded by ex-Nikon engineers (could be an anagram)…

grr . . . attach a file is not working!

Finally bought the Vivitar 55 (around 80€) and the 80-200 L (around 180€), not so cheap, but I'm not really patient. Hope they will be as mint as the sellers pretend them to be ...

@Vitaliy and all, I'm interested in the 80-200 f4 L, and I'm wondering what would be an "honest" price for it : I found that the lasts sold on eBay were around 200€ (280$). Did you buy yours at a similar price ?
What adapter would you recommend for this quite heavy lens ?

Txs !