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Canon FD Lens Aperture Lock

A quick follow-up on the “Old Canon Lenses” vlog I posted a few weeks ago…

Those over-exposed pictures really bothered me and I realized that the aperture blades in the lens were not moving when I moved the ring.

Canon FD aperture blades will lock at 5.6 if you don’t manually unlock them or make sure you have an adapter that has an unlocking mechanism. The K&F Lens Mount Adapter does have this feature.

Even though I figured out the issue, I am not sure if these manual lenses are for me. But I am learning more.

This video also has detailed instructions on how to unlock Canon FD aperture blades:

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Tripod and Mounting Plate Ecosystems

I am so tired of having to take mounting plates off my camera and screwing new ones on when I need to use different sized tripods.

After looking at a Peak Design video for their newish tripod, I saw how their one mounting plate interchanged with all of their capture systems – and I wondered if I can find a 3rd party adapter so I can use ONE PLATE for all of my tripods.

Spoiler: The answer is yes.
(The key is to find something Arca-Swiss Standard)

Here are links to the products I discussed in the video:

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Playing with old Canon Lenses

I found a two Canon FD lenses that I bought on ebay a while ago. I wondered if they would work with my Sony E-mount cameras, so I ordered an adapter ring and started playing around.

The lenses:

  • Canon FD 50MM 1.8
  • Canon FD 35MM 2.8

I took pictures indoors and out, and did some talking head video indoors.

My general conclusion is – while it is nice to play with old lenses, the new technology is far superior and makes life so much easier. You can not self-film/vlog with old manual lenses. I also really needed a ND filter outside.

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Boiling The Ocean

People will often say “Don’t Boil The Ocean” when dealing with complicated efforts and projects. This is total BS.

Making “directionally correct” documents that don’t solve for outstanding data needs create a vicious cycle of manual work that is very difficult to break out of.

In difficult situations we SHOULD be talking about “boiling the ocean” and doing the hard work.

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The New Kung-Fu (Un-Edited)

A thought experiment encouraging office workers to simplify. My focus is on procurement, but this video applies to any job.

Kung-Fu is the perfect analogy because evolution is mandatory. There is always someone pushing to improve and innovate. Failure to adapt = defeat.

Note: I have two versions of The New Kung-Fu, this one is a little edgy (PG-13 if you will). The more “professional” version can be viewed at The Source.