Canon FD lens on 1D?
May 6, 2014 08:34:16 #
Trying to find info if the old film lenses "FD" can be used on a 1d or 1Ds MK3, looked all over the canon site but cannot find a compatibility chart. Any help would be appreciated.
May 6, 2014 08:59:36 #
oberuwe wrote:
Trying to find info if the old film lenses "FD" can be used on a 1d or 1Ds MK3, looked all over the canon site but cannot find a compatibility chart. Any help would be appreciated.
You will need an adapter. Use the search function at the top of the page to search for: Canon FD
That will bring up a number of topics that already address this issue.
May 6, 2014 09:26:02 #
May 7, 2014 01:56:11 #
Don't know if this helps (you may have found it already), but the Ed Mika stuff works really well and is now cheaper than it used to be.
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 $100 US each these days.
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
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 $100 US each these days.
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
May 7, 2014 08:05:57 #
Thank you Peterff, that is very interesting, I looked at his website and most likely convert a few.
May 7, 2014 11:46:40 #
I had some great FD lens that came with some Canon SLR I inherited good prime lens- I bought the adapter with a glass in it that corrected the focal length - about $40 each for each of the 4 lens so I would not be searching for it every time I changed lens.
I don't use them often - 18 mm 24 mm 50 mm & mirrored 500 mm.
Good photos from all of them.
I don't use them often - 18 mm 24 mm 50 mm & mirrored 500 mm.
Good photos from all of them.
oberuwe wrote:
Trying to find info if the old film lenses "FD" can be used on a 1d or 1Ds MK3, looked all over the canon site but cannot find a compatibility chart. Any help would be appreciated.
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