Value of using FD Lenses on DSLR APS C Sensor Cameras?
Nov 7, 2018 12:32:28 #
I’m shooting with a Canon EOS 60d APS C camera. I have a pristine Canon 28mm 1.2 FD lens and a Canon 135mm FD lens. If I understand the conversion charts, using the 28FD on a DSLR APS C sensor camera will give me angle of view greater that the 28mm on film (“full frame”) and I would need at 17.5 mm EF lens just to get a 28mm wide angle view.
1. What angle of view will I get IF I convert the analog lens to digital use and is there any good reason to do so especially as I mostly do landscapes?
2. Same questions with a Canon 135mm FD lens?
Thanks,
1. What angle of view will I get IF I convert the analog lens to digital use and is there any good reason to do so especially as I mostly do landscapes?
2. Same questions with a Canon 135mm FD lens?
Thanks,
Nov 7, 2018 13:21:45 #
Don't waste / destroy your FD lenses for use on an EOS system. They'll mount to mirrorless systems via an adapter with no modification to the lens so they remain viable for your film cameras. There are several adapters. I use a metabones to Sony's full-frame E-mount body where there is no magnification factor.
If you're not using your FD lenses, sell them and use the proceeds toward an EF or EF-S lens that will mount directly and autofocus and meter on an EOS 60D body.
If you're not using your FD lenses, sell them and use the proceeds toward an EF or EF-S lens that will mount directly and autofocus and meter on an EOS 60D body.
Nov 7, 2018 13:31:01 #
More or less correct. Any lens on a Canon APS-C body gives an angle of view of 1.6 times NARROWER than it would on a full frame (FF) or the same as a lens of 1.6 times the focal length on a FF. A 28mm has an angle of view of 28 X 1.6 = 44.8 or close to that of a 50mm lens on a FF.
Any EF lens (for Canon FF) works fine, if not better, on a Canon APS-C body.
Any EF lens (for Canon FF) works fine, if not better, on a Canon APS-C body.
Nov 7, 2018 13:32:37 #
Nov 7, 2018 13:36:06 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Is it a 28mm f/2?
I started salivating when I saw what was written.
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Nov 7, 2018 13:49:03 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
I started salivating when I saw what was written.
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Yeah! Because in front of the lens it would say CANON LENS FD 28MM 1:2. It would be easy to read it as 28mm 1.2. However it's still a nice lens but I wouldn't try to use it on the EOS-60D.
Nov 7, 2018 13:54:52 #
Jonathan wrote:
I’m shooting with a Canon EOS 60d APS C camera. I... (show quote)
I've found FD glass to be pretty good quality BUT you have to use a 'glassed' adapter to mount them on an EOS body. The image quality normally takes a hit with the extra glass in the system.
FD glass does work very well on my Sony A7S and A7R II with a simple adapter.
bwa
Nov 7, 2018 14:20:19 #
I just realized you said FD! With a modest price adapter they should work well. I don't know if they are auto-focus or if you lose auto aperture. If so, that could be a nuisance.
Nov 7, 2018 23:10:54 #
PHRubin wrote:
I just realized you said FD! With a modest price adapter they should work well. I don't know if they are auto-focus or if you lose auto aperture. If so, that could be a nuisance.
I wouldn’t do it. If you use a cheap FD to EOS adapter with an internal lens (so it will focus at infinity), it will have awful CA, and the adapter behaves like a TC with a magnification factor something like 1.4-1.6X (which on top of the crop body will produce a field of view somewhere around 60-65mm with the wide angle), plus no autofocus. But worse, since the camera can’t set the aperture, you have to manually open the aperture to focus, and then manually stop back down for the exposure. If you use an adapter with no internal lens, it won’t focus at infinity on an EOS. The only sort of good option is to change the mount, which costs around $100 for each lens - only worth it for exceptional lenses.
As Chgcanon said, either use it with a lensless adapter on a mirrorless camera (with a shorter flange distance than an EOS body), or do what I did - sell your FDs (unless they are exceptional lenses), and buy EF or EF-S lenses for your EOS body. Been there and done all of that.
Nov 8, 2018 07:24:17 #
Jonathan wrote:
I’m shooting with a Canon EOS 60d APS C camera. I... (show quote)
I have many FD, FL and R (Canonmatic) lenses.
I have the glass adapter that allows for infinity focus at the cost of some image quality. Not recommended if you are looking for the quality you get with EF/EF-s lenses.
All this said it would be best to obtain a Canon M5 or better yet the Canon R camera. Your FD lenses will focus to infinity with a simple adapter and the full quality of those lenses will come through. Canon FD lenses are excellent quality and some are sought after for the great qualities they have and used in cinema applications especially the FL 85-300mm lens which is a superb lens.
Do NOT butcher these lenses as you will destroy their value as now with the Canon mirrorless cameras available. I am saving up to get a mirrorless Canon and now with the incredibly superb R system coming out I am looking to see what Canon comes out with and waiting on lens purchases as well. But my R model will be heavily used with all my Canon FD/FL and old R lenses and I can't wait to see how it works with the excellent FL 58mm f1.2 lens I have.
Nov 8, 2018 10:51:47 #
appealnow
Loc: Dallas, Texas
I shoot Nikon so I am unfamiliar with Canon. Is there a way in the camera model stated in posts for us to discern crop sensor Canons from full frame sensor ones?
Nov 8, 2018 11:14:50 #
appealnow wrote:
I shoot Nikon so I am unfamiliar with Canon. Is there a way in the camera model stated in posts for us to discern crop sensor Canons from full frame sensor ones?
Single digit cameras in the EOS series (1D, 5D, 6D and 7D) and their various iterations are full frame.
Nov 8, 2018 11:50:33 #
Easy solution - use Google and Wikipedia and the EOS model number. All the technical details are available in subseconds....
appealnow wrote:
I shoot Nikon so I am unfamiliar with Canon. Is there a way in the camera model stated in posts for us to discern crop sensor Canons from full frame sensor ones?
Nov 8, 2018 12:08:01 #
Thanks. before buying the Canon 60d, I looked at Sony's Alpha a7 (at B&H). But I was coming from 40 years of Canons and shooting Ilford and Kodachrome and the Alpha just didn't feel right in my hand. Now 3 years later, I am not in love with the APS C compromises. Very much appreciate the sound advise-- Don't Destroy, Do NOT Butcher my glass. So I don't--do you mean by getting adapters for my 60d?
thanks to all. You see, sometimes one does have to learn how to ride a bike all over again!
thanks to all. You see, sometimes one does have to learn how to ride a bike all over again!
Nov 8, 2018 12:16:52 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Easy solution - use Google and Wikipedia and the EOS model number. All the technical details are available in subseconds....
Or step up to Canon.
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