best fd lens for an eos: had thought about buying buying an adapter for the fd lens but held off. now ran into an ole boy wanting to sell his. can see why he wants to sell it he has a...

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

had thought about buying buying an adapter for the fd lens but held off. now ran into an ole boy wanting to sell his. can see why he wants to sell it he has a collection of those high dollar white lenses. any ideas
my lens now consist of 18-55 55-250 70-300 macro dg. the 70-300 is hard to shoot with no os an it's narrow field is a light hog, but very good Challenger like play'n with it

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

Guess it is late. What is a fd lens? If you mean a TC, I would check to see if it fits your lenses.
Erv

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

thats what the mount is called on the old canon 35 mm lens they are pretty cheap now even new one's. just have to use an adapter. then youre only on manual. i'd like to have a tc also so i can reach jupiter. but i want a 40 gal. trash bag full of $100 bills too.

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

dirtpusher wrote:

had thought about buying buying an adapter for the fd lens but held off. now ran into an ole boy wanting to sell his. can see why he wants to sell it he has a collection of those high dollar white lenses. any ideas
my lens now consist of 18-55 55-250 70-300 macro dg. the 70-300 is hard to shoot with no os an it's narrow field is a light hog, but very good Challenger like play'n with it

pusher
Not sure what you are asking? Are you looking for an FD-EOS adapter? Does the Ole Boy have a Canon FD adapter for sale? Are his lenes FD or are yours?

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

he has the adapter i'm thinking about getting it from him was in pawnshops seeing what was in them there are a few in them forsale

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

There are only a few FD lenses that would make sense to try and use on EOS. Like the L lenses. And using an optical adapter is counterproductive ! For a price, FD lenses can be mechanically adapted to EOS without the optical element - but it is not cheap. ( and yes they can be made to focus at infinity ).

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

he called so metup we went exploring this morning looked decent in camera. then i had to get back so could make trip to s.w. oklahoma just got back. going to look at thim tommorow on puter an look them over $10 for adapter an i thought wonder what this leadin upto an he pulled a 2x telecoverter an i thought now its makin sense wants sell a converter dont know how much yet an said take it an play with it. so i will. tommorow should be interesting. all i been thinking about was try a fd 35 mm wideangle lens will see $20 in a pawnshop

clicktime Loc: Yucca Valley Ca.

dirtpusher wrote:

had thought about buying buying an adapter for the fd lens but held off. now ran into an ole boy wanting to sell his. can see why he wants to sell it he has a collection of those high dollar white lenses. any ideas
my lens now consist of 18-55 55-250 70-300 macro dg. the 70-300 is hard to shoot with no os an it's narrow field is a light hog, but very good Challenger like play'n with it

I have just what you are looking for. Its a 600mm cannon with a cheap adapter. The first 1200.00 takes it home. I find I don't use it any more after I got a 400mm 2.8 lens. It got me started in close up wildlife photo's and it is clean and works great. If you get the real adapter cannon made for the pro's it will get you exelant results. You can save $12000.00 off the new 600mm if you don't mind manual. The onlything not in graet shape on it is there is a small crack in the lens hood and it doesn't efect the images at all.

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

clicktime wrote:

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looks good enough but i do have the sigma 150-500 for eos i like it alot. life pretty smooth usin it havent got to use it on wildlife yet just on airplanes for different people, been best money maker for me.

guy145 Loc: Norridge IL

imagemeister wrote:

There are only a few FD lenses that would make sense to try and use on EOS. Like the L lenses. And using an optical adapter is counterproductive ! For a price, FD lenses can be mechanically adapted to EOS without the optical element - but it is not cheap. ( and yes they can be made to focus at infinity ).

I didn't know this was possible. Whats the avg $ amt.

guy145 Loc: Norridge IL

[quote=imagemeister]There are only a few FD lenses that would make sense to try and use on EOS. Like the L lenses. And using an optical adapter is counterproductive ! For a price, FD lenses can be mechanically adapted to EOS without the optical element - but it is not cheap. ( and yes they can be made to focus at infinity ).[/quo

Hawknest Loc: South Georgia

imagemeister wrote:

There are only a few FD lenses that would make sense to try and use on EOS. Like the L lenses. And using an optical adapter is counterproductive ! For a price, FD lenses can be mechanically adapted to EOS without the optical element - but it is not cheap. ( and yes they can be made to focus at infinity ).

are you saying the lens itself can be mechanically adapted to the eos system ( 60d ). if so, where can i have this done?
thanks in advance

clicktime Loc: Yucca Valley Ca.

Just buy a FD to EF adapter at adorama for 35.00 and all
your FD old lenses will work on your EF DSLR canon. Some won't work.

les_stockton Loc: Eastern Oklahoma

The adapter you want is an FD to EF adapter: http://www.amazon.com/Optic-Canon-Adapter-Correction-Glass/dp/B00009R7ZR There are several with varying quality and price-range.