JP/Avery Loc: Australia

Iv done the plunge and bought a fd-adaptor for some prime lenses I was given awhile back.and as I know a place where I can buy loads very cheap if it works well ill be on a winner.my 50mm 1.4 fd seams to be quiet popular which is a gd thing snd built alot better than a teds camera canon 1.8 50mm for $500.
I watched all the utube vids before buying so fingers crossed my $50 investment pays off.
Anyone else use or have used an adaptor?

JP/Avery Loc: Australia

Oops I failed to ask my question.as our digital body usually runs the digital lense.i know the f stop, ap n iso is set to the light meter.now when u put a non digital fd lense on ur body im guessing ur light meter is nolonger functional as well as ur spot metering.non of the videos explained this n i wanted to know if anyone has tried this?

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

JP, I do not know which one you got, the one I got wasn't
worth a crap, it wouldn't focus to infinity, not even close.
There is one out there for about $120 but you have to take
the back of the lens off and replace it with this one, I would
say this one works because it essentially turns your lens to
an af lens the same size as the original. I have not tried it
because I bought I bought an ef 1.4 usm since.

JP/Avery Loc: Australia

When I watched the videos on utube they said get one with glass in the middle or the lense wont focus to infinite.i bought one that got recomended on a number of times so fingers crossed. :thumbup:

JP/Avery Loc: Australia

Budnjax Loc: NE Florida

Forget it....unless you can find one of the Canon-made FD:EOS adapters (which only worked on a few FD lenses and now sell for around $1000....if you can find one) the quality of results is poor, at best. If you are satisfied with not-too-sharp 4X6 inch prints, one of the currently available adapters might be OK. Canon really screwed-over their customers in the 1980s when they came out with the EOS EF lens system, which is in no way compatible with the older FD lenses. Other makers, such as Nikon, came out with digital bodies which could successfully use at least some of the old film-camera lenses, but not Canon. I wish there was such an adapter that would let you focus to infinity and not have to manually set your camera; I would buy one in a minute as I've got a room full of FD gear that is totally mostly worthless unless I want to shoot film. I expect that at some point in the future Canon will again come out with a new lens/body system which will obsolete all the EOS EF lenses so many of us have. It's a great way to sell a lot of new camera gear.

jim quist Loc: Missouri

I have a fotodiox adapter for my hasselblad lenses, the camera beeps when it is in focus. however, it isn't tac sharp.

bull drink water Loc: pontiac mi.

I to have a fotodiox, but mine works ok. setting exposure is easy. set camera to manual, set apature that you want, and turn the shutter speed thumb wheel until you center the dial on the exposure compensation scale. now you are good to go. move to the right or left of center to lighten or darken the image.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

In general it isn't worth considering unless you have some of the very good FD lenses. The issue is that when Canon moved from the old FL/FD/FDn mounts to the EF mounts they changed the focusing distance to the film/sensor for a number of valid reasons.

Thus to get focusing to infinity with an adapter the adapters typically have a corrective lens, which is in most cases nowhere near the quality of Canon glass. So essentially you are using a cheap and inferior quality teleconverter / extender that also effectively reduces the transmitted light / aperture values.

If you have access to 'good' FDn lenses it is possible to replace the mount with a glassless modification that retains the IQ of the original lens. This is only worth doing on the better quality Canon lenses. Ed Mika in Canada makes replacement mounts for several old Canon lenses which he sells on ebay for around $150 US each.

This article gives you a good start: http://www.canonrumors.com/tech-articles/fd-fl-lenses-on-your-ef-body/

You have to like manual focus lenses and be comfortable using them. I have modified a Canon FL 55mm F1.2, FDn 135mm f2.0, FDn 35 -105 f3.5 zoom and FDn 500mm f8 reflex lens. You have to follow his excellent video instructions and be happy with your willingness to partially take a lens apart. In most cases it is pretty straight forwards, although some can be a little tricky. The really tricky one is the FDn 85mm f1.2 so proceed carefully if you have one of those.

These modifications are not cheap, and thus not so much to save money as to recycle good quality glass. However, you can definitely get good glass substantially less expensively than buying new Canon EF lenses. See: http://www.edmika.com/

I had my old 35mm T90 and AE1 and lenses stolen, and after discovering Ed Mika's products bought lenses on e-bay and did the upgrades. I'm very happy with the results, but these are not so much a replacement for autofocus lenses as an ability to add the benefits of creative effects that certain lenses can deliver.

Good luck

FredB Loc: A little below the Mason-Dixon line.

That's like saying RCA really screwed over every TV production facility in the world when they came out with color TV cameras. Canon's decision to abandon the old process in favor of new AF technology and better manufacturing standards blew every other manufacturer out of the pro market, and moved Canon to the top of the heap where they've now been for nearly three decades. Most pros realized the benefits of the new system, and for most amateurs, it really didn't matter. So their $40 kit 50mm FD lens didn't fit any more. Big deal. The relatively small percentage of camera owners who had a large investment in FD glass and would NOT convert paled next to the number of Nikon owners who quickly embraced the new technology and jumped ship.

As a semi-pro Nikon user from 1964 to 1987, and a Canon user since then, I can't be accused of being a fanboy. I simply recognized the better method.

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

FANBOY!! :lol:

Fred, you are so correct. I have been accused of being a Fanboy more than anybody here. And I'm not! I just see BIG benefits in shooting with super-fast glass, that only Canon cameras can handle, because of the EF mount.

Admittedly, for the average shooter, if you consider yourself an average shooter, it will never make a difference. But at the top of the heap, even the Nikon pros will have to decide if fast glass and extra lightweight super-teles are worth liquidating and making the move. I know one guy that made the move and said he actually lost almost no money at all, since his good pro equipment had such high resale.
You are also correct, that because of the mount change, Canon has been able to surge ahead and every year, gains more market share.

There are those that shoot Nikon, because they always have, even though those are all the wrong reasons, as I said, for those, it will make NO difference whatsoever. And for plenty of Pros, it makes no difference as well.
FANBOYll :lol:
SS

donrent Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl

O boy... O cheeeze..... O thit....

Guess my quick and easyand painless way to a 1.4 just ain't agonna fly....

Backto the drawing board and deeper pockets...

Gentlemen, I thank you all... Good valueable info from all....

Photog21 Loc: Lombard, Il.

I bought a zykkon adaptor, cheap, wasn't expecting much, but am very happy with it. It won't work with my 7.5mm and I've never tried to focus on infinity, but the 1.8 and extension tubes make a nice macro set-up. I have a 50mm FD 1.4 and another 1.8, but neither of those are sharp enough to consider usable.