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So my dad gave me this camera...

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J-C
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so I came home today and my dad told me that he was cleaning and he found this and gave it to me so does anyone ever shoot with this or know something about it. I only know that it has a 300mm lens a wide angle and a 55mm but not sure.
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Nov 5 2012 8:09PM
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zahava
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Info on your body:
http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Canon_FT

Fuck Yeah! LOVE me some Canon FL/FD glass. What focal lengths and apertures are the lenses? My guess is these are most likely FL's, older but just as good. They can be mounted vice versa.

I have a similar SLR, a Canon f-1 (First in the FD series, more 'pro', faster max shutter) and it is attached to by body at all times. Buy some ilford hp5 and kodak gold and get shooting!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_FL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_FD_lens_mount
Nov 5 2012 9:00PM
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J-C
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thanks +k but do you think i could use these lens on my t3i?
Nov 5 2012 9:30PM
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skiP.E.I.
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You would need an adapter
Nov 5 2012 9:33PM
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Kevski
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Old canon lenses need an adapter to fit the eos mount on your t3i, and since the adapter has glass in it, many people don't think the resulting loss in image quality is worth it. You'd be best off to just use it as a film slr to get the most out of those lenses
Nov 5 2012 9:43PM
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J-C
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thanks +k to both of you
Nov 5 2012 9:48PM
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skiP.E.I.
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Get a couple rolls of film ( I know zbphoto had some for sale in here a couple days ago) and have a blast though.
Nov 6 2012 9:33AM
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