Basil Loc: New Mexico

B&H sells an FD to RF lens adaptor. I have a few FD lenses laying around that go with my Canon T-70 film camera. Has anyone here tried to adapt an old FD lens to an R-body camera?

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Absolutely.
In fact I was waiting for the R7 specifically as I wanted an APSC with IBIS.
The FD to RF works excellent and you can really get some great shots.
I got a Kipon and an Urth. Both are excellent.
I would not go cheaper for concern for quality of manufacture.
I also ordered the Urth for Nikon to RF.
I did find that a couple of FL lenses extend a mm deeper than the adapter aperture lever will allow. That is why I bought 2 adapters and cut the aperture lever off of the adapter for those lenses and use it with the R series lenses as well. They are manual aperture lenses anyway.
Bottom line is that the adapters for FD to R work perfectly on R cameras. I posted some shots not too long ago here using some old FL and FD lenses for people to see how great they work.
Go for it and have lots of fun I use the A setting.

R7 W/ FL 58mm f1.2

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R7 W/ FD 80-200mm f4 L

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R7 W/ FL 85=300mm f5

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CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

I would expect the process for an EOS-R body is similar to the process of FD lenses on a Sony mirrorless E-mount. Here's some recent examples from July 4: https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-779414-1.html

Basil Loc: New Mexico

Thanks for the feedback and the nice examples. The one I have been looking at is this Fotodiox from B&H. It seems to have good reviews. However, one of the reviewers complained that he got some "weird ghosting" with it on subjects that were "just out of focus." I couldn't help notice that , in your image of what I think are the tops of a wrought iron fence, the spike that are just out of focus seem to have a double-image sort of ghosting similar to what the reviewer stated. Since you're using a different brand of adaptor, I wonder if that's just an artifact of using FD glass on an R camera?

Also, one question, was the bird picture taken through a window? The air seems just a tad soft. I should add that your second image looks nice and sharp.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1460411-REG/fotodiox_fd_eosr_pro_canon_fd_to_canon.html/reviews?sts=pi

Basil Loc: New Mexico

Thanks - some nice shots there. The old FD lenses that I still have are a Soligor 28-70 f/2.8, Kiron 70-210mm f/4, a Canon 50mm f/1.8 and a rather novelty lens, a Tokina 500mm f/8 Mirror lens. The last lens was a recent gift from a friend who had it but no longer shoots Canon.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

The fence photo is with a very old FL lens from the 1960s and as they say of old fast lenses they have "Character" which means flaws. The adapter, regardless of make, should have no optical effect upon the image. The image of the colored pot with the FD 80-200mm L lens shows what a top quality lens will produce.
Also remember that these lenses you have are 35+ years old and are likely not optically as good as modern lenses just because of technology and manufacturing advances. This will rile oldsters because they claim that their ancient xyz lens is so perfect, they are not.
So do not fret over the adapter, including the one you are considering, if well made, as it is, will not optically change your photos. As I said, I have 2 different well made ones. The photos I posted were all with the Urth adapter, so the adapter, as you can see had no affect. PS, the 80-200mm has no manual lock so I used a little clip made by Canon for FDn lenses so their apertures can be adjusted with the actuator lever missing as the Urth one is because I removed it.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

If you can hit the focus at an aperture that hides the character / flaws of an older film-era lens, they will tend to seem better / sharper than you've ever seen the same lens on film. Why? Because the resolution of digital sensors is now higher than 35mm film, and the mirrorless focus-assist tools enable you to manually focus better than ever could be done on the old film cameras.

Basil Loc: New Mexico

I just placed an order for the adapter. Will be fun to play with those very old lenses again. Just for grins I might set up on a tripod somewhere and do some comparison shots with the FD lenses and the modern RF equivalents.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

It looks like you are getting your money's worth, for sure