Fotodiox adapter:: I bought a Fotodiox adapter to allow Canon FD lenses on Nikon DSLRs. I have a Canon FD 1.4 lens that has been laying around for a few years to use on it. It does...

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

I bought a Fotodiox adapter to allow Canon FD lenses on
Nikon DSLRs. I have a Canon FD 1.4 lens that has been
laying around for a few years to use on it. It does focus to
infinity and it works but it is like a 2X TC. I will just have to
play with it and post some results later. It's like shooting a film camera again, everything is manual.

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TREBOR77 Loc: Winchester Kentucky

Thanks for posting this ....I too have some really good FD lens...That I would like to use....Don't mind the manual focus or the manual settings..

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

You are welcome Robert, I am sure there is a lot of us out
there that have some old FD lenses laying around that we
could put to good use.

TREBOR77 wrote:

Thanks for posting this ....I too have some really good FD lens...That I would like to use....Don't mind the manual focus or the manual settings..

FrodoBaggins Loc: Texas

Cool... I have a number of Canon FD lens. Look forward to see what you shoot!

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

Even though it work and it focuses, the pictures are way too
dark and when you open up the aperture, it looks hazy.
Really not worth the money IMO. Sorry for getting your
hopes up.

FrodoBaggins wrote:

Cool... I have a number of Canon FD lens. Look forward to see what you shoot!

FrodoBaggins Loc: Texas

ebbote wrote:

Even though it work and it focuses, the pictures are way too
dark and when you open up the aperture, it looks hazy.
Really not worth the money IMO. Sorry for getting your
hopes up.

Thanks for the heads up..... Lens goes back on the shelf as a relic/decoration!

bull drink water Loc: pontiac mi.

FrodoBaggins wrote:

Thanks for the heads up..... Lens goes back on the shelf as a relic/decoration!

not so fast, that's just one opinion. I have 3 of them for my sony a-850. mounted on a 135mm f2.8, a 200mm f2.8, and a 400mm f4.5. my results are "wow". and some are in the gallery on this site. wide open the images are clear , focus wide open and stop down to shoot. as I use them out of doors in mostly sunny situations, I have no trouble framing the subject. back in the day these were some of their better lenses, I couldn't afford them then , give me a little while and i'll post a few on this post.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Putting older, no longer used very good lenses on new SLR bodies is really a good idea. Don't forget fellow hoggers that the old Minolta AF lenses work without an adaptor needed on Sony's new generation of DSLR camera's like the A77II and others. These old Minolta lenses have excellent, rich, color that the newer lenses cannot match.

bull drink water Loc: pontiac mi.

well I found a few, I think they look ok.at $40 it was worth my time and money, since I shoot for fun and like to try different things.

fd 135mm

fd 200mm

bull drink water Loc: pontiac mi.

billnikon wrote:

Putting older, no longer used very good lenses on new SLR bodies is really a good idea. Don't forget fellow hoggers that the old Minolta AF lenses work without an adaptor needed on Sony's new generation of DSLR camera's like the A77II and others. These old Minolta lenses have excellent, rich, color that the newer lenses cannot match.

right on, I have two G lenses plus their matching tc's for my a-850, I swear by them. I have samples of them somewhere in the gallery too.

bigwolf40 Loc: Effort, Pa.

ebbote wrote:

I bought a Fotodiox adapter to allow Canon FD lenses on
Nikon DSLRs. I have a Canon FD 1.4 lens that has been
laying around for a few years to use on it. It does focus to
infinity and it works but it is like a 2X TC. I will just have to
play with it and post some results later. It's like shooting a film camera again, everything is manual.

I also have the the Fotodiox and The Pro Optic Canon FD Lens Adapter. I like the Pro Optic better and it works well on my Canon cameras...Rich

Bushymonster Loc: Oklahoma City. OK.

I have a few old Minolta lenses and have a Canon adapter but I have a long way to go in getting any shots worth saving much less posting. All 9f you have posted some awesome shots. The boat shots are great.
-Bushy

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

This is the best I could do, with heavy PP.

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

This is the best I could do, with heavy PP.

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Shoeless_Photographer Loc: Lexington

bigwolf40 wrote:

I also have the the Fotodiox and The Pro Optic Canon FD Lens Adapter. I like the Pro Optic better and it works well on my Canon cameras...Rich

Do you think the Pro Optic adapter gives a cleaner image? I've got the Fotodiox FD => EOS adapter, and I'm not that thrilled with the sharpness. My kit lenses that came with my T3 are better. Is it just a difference in the old glass vs. new glass, or would the Pro Optic adapter be better for IQ?