Along with the Canon F-1, I ended up with three lenses: a Canon EF 35-105mm (digital), a Canon EF 35-80mm with macro (digital) and a Canon FD 135mm (film). The lenses were described as “For parts or not working…” I dinked around with each lens — cleaned up contacts, loosened up things that seemed to tight, tightened up parts that seem too loose, cleaned the elements the best I could, and then I tried them out. I tested the 35-105mm and 35-80mm on a Canon 5D and a Canon 1Ds (both full frame digital bodies), and the 135mm on the Canon F-1 (35mm film body). There are two photos produced with each lens in this series. I believe I got the broken lenses working pretty well — can you guess which lens was used to produce each photo? “If you can’t be handsome, at least be handy” and produce beautiful photos!
Off Center & Not Even 
Beautiful, and impressive.
Now, let’s see my guesses.
The third and fifth were with the FD 135?
The first and fourth were with the EF 35-80?
The second and sixth were with the EF 35-105?
Even if all my guesses are wrong, it was fun to look at, and I’m really impressed with what you could do with the lenses!!
Oh! You’re really good! You are correct on all the photos. Did you find the photos with the FD lens easy since film has such a different character? Did the macroness of the 1st and 4th photos help on guessing the 35-80?
Oh, thank goodness! I was going to be really embarrassed if I got them all wrong!
Yes, I picked the FD lens on the basis of the film “look” of those two images. I like it a lot, BTW.
It was the “macroness” of the first image but the creamy bokeh of the fourth image that helped me choose the 35-80.
That was a lot of fun. I don’t have any of those lenses, and it was fun to see what kind of images they produced.
Thanks!
I’m not good at telling which photo was done with which lens, but if I may venture a guess, were the lilac and wisteria (I think that is what it is) done on regular film?
Yes they were. The film looks different from the digital.
I learned from Susan’s answers, so between the two of you, it was very educational. Thanks for the demo and the photos are all beautiful.
Thanks, Juanita! I’m very happy you learned something from the post.
I don’t know anything about lenses
but… the first one is so beautiful 🙂 I love it ❤
Thanks, Leyla! Since you take great photos, are handy in the garden, and good with boxing gloves, you don’t need to know anything about lenses.
Thank you Timothy 🙂
Beautiful pictures. I am glad you got these working lense. They must be a good deal for you.
Result!
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Fabulous macro shots Timothy.
Thanks, Lianne!