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Canon 60D Converter For SLR Lenses
Oct 10, 2021 17:39:15   #
MichiganLH
 
I have 3 Canon SLR telephoto lenses I would like to couple to a Canon D60 DSLR. Is there a converter available to do this?

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Oct 10, 2021 17:55:22   #
CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City
 
If you mean FD mount lenses, no, don't waste your time for a DSLR. Get an adapter and any brand mirrorless camera and they're immediately useful, unlike on any DSLR.

On a mirrorless camera, you (typically) get IBIS support, immediately advancing the film era lens beyond DSLR technology.

On a mirrorless camera, you can zoom the viewfinder display by a 10x factor to 'see' the fine details as you manually focus, immediately advancing the film era lens beyond legacy SLR technology.

On a mirrorless camera, you can meter at the step-down aperture as in: set the aperture, focus and shoot, immediately advancing the film era lens beyond DSLR technology via adapters. The mirrorless camera meters the light hitting the sensor, for whatever aperture you've set.

On a mirrorless camera, you can set the focus peek to 'shimmer' at the plane of focus. This isn't as accurate as the 10x zoom, but can help you judge changes in focus after achieving the precise focus at the 10x zoom, immediately advancing the film era lens beyond DSLR technology.

The FD adapter to any mirrorless mount includes no electronics nor additional glass, therefore retaining the original image characteristics of the legacy lens.

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Oct 10, 2021 18:17:23   #
MichiganLH
 
Thank You CHG_Canon.

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Oct 10, 2021 19:04:41   #
CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City
 
MichiganLH wrote:
Thank You CHG_Canon.


Since adding a Sony a7II, I've added more FD lenses while selling off all the manual focus film SRL bodies.

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Oct 11, 2021 13:18:33   #
KillroyII Loc: Middle Georgia
 
CHG_CANON wrote:
Since adding a Sony a7II, I've added more FD lenses while selling off all the manual focus film SRL bodies.


With the newer mirror less cameras from Canon, since you acquired the Sony A7II, would you have stayed with Canon if you made that purchase today? ... and if so, which Canon would you purchase?

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Oct 11, 2021 13:31:11   #
CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City
 
KillroyII wrote:
With the newer mirror less cameras from Canon, since you acquired the Sony A7II, would you have stayed with Canon if you made that purchase today? ... and if so, which Canon would you purchase?


It's hard to go back in time by about 5 years when only Sony was an option to add an FD-specific platform and bring those ideas forward. I'm not ready to retire my EOS 5DIII that impacts what I'd want to do today. But, if I was gifted a choice, I'd take an EOS 5R as the only valid selection to my needs. I wouldn't switch to Sony to simply make a switch, not then, not now.

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Oct 11, 2021 18:17:57   #
hamfoto Loc: Salkum, Washington
 
I have a Canon A1 and a Canon 60D. I have an adapter take my FD lenses for use on my 60D and a different adapter to take my EOS lenses for use A1.

I also have an F1 and EF that i switch with the 60D.

Hope that helps. You have to search for the adapters. I did because FD prime lenses are better and less expensive than the zooms that are available and the EOS primes.

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May 16, 2022 17:30:09   #
hamfoto Loc: Salkum, Washington
 
I have exactly the setup and have not had a problem with switching lens between bodies using adapters. I like the versatility once I learned the quirks of the various Canon lens types, adapters and bodies.

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