- Sharpness and contrast are very high
- Very good build quality
- Even good at 1:2 at open iris! Needs lot of extension tubes

- It is a long and big lens - but I do not know much shorter ans smaller telephoto lenses with this focal length and f-stop

I got this Canon super telephoto to convert it to Canon EF mount. That took a while, but I managed to do some test shots afterwards. I was realy impressed as I saw these pictures on the monitor at 1:1.
Photos taken with an EOS 5D.

This lens is very good for nature photographers - but I think others can use it too, for city landscapes, news,..
It is not good for photographers who won´t or can´t manual focus.

Some images and German conversion description here:
http://www.4photos.de/camera-diy/Canon-FD500-EF-Bajonett.html
(Please delete link if not allowed).

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