Canon FD 50mm 1.4 lens on a Nikon D610? (Page 2): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokeh...

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokeh

amehta Loc: Boston

Cdouthitt wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokeh

I meant to include the link, and was about to edit my post to add it. :-)

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Konimom wrote:

I currently have a AF-S Nikon 50mm 1.8 lens and ha... (show quote)

You can easily adapt the Canon FD mount lenses to the Nikon bodies, but you will lose focus to infinity as well as auto aperture settings. The extra distance from the lens to the sensor also makes effective focusing difficult on the digital viewfinders unless you install a split-image type screen. In general the answer to your question is yes, but on the practical side you will be wasting your money on the adapter. The Nikon 50mm F1.8G lens you already use will give you much better results in all circumstances.

wingclui44 Loc: CT USA

Konimom wrote:

The adaptor I'm looking at doesn't have any glass....

The focal distance (distance between the lens and the film or sensor surface) of the Nikon is longer than Canon, therefore the adapter has to be added an optical glass to make the focus possible on the Nikon sensor, otherwise the adapter will need to be installed in the body beyond the camera mount, and that's impossible. This will damage the camera.
That's why Nikon lens can always be used on Canon camera body with an adapter, but not the other way!
The adapter you mentioned that doesn't have glass may be for the new Canon lens for present time, that I don't know, but absolutely not the old FD lenses!

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

wingclui44 wrote:

That's why Nikon lens can always be used on Canon camera body with an adapter, but not the other way!
The adapter you mentioned that doesn't have glass may be for the new Canon lens for present time, that I don't know, but absolutely not the old FD lenses!

You are absolutely wrong here. Canon FD lens to Nikon body adapters have been available for quite some time. Canon EOS lens to Nikon body are not available.

wingclui44 Loc: CT USA

MT Shooter wrote:

You are absolutely wrong here. Canon FD lens to Nikon body adapters have been available for quite some time. Canon EOS lens to Nikon body are not available.

Thank you! May be I am wrong, here is the adapter I have, it has a correction lens built in. I don't know how the difference of the focal distance be corrected?

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

wingclui44 wrote:

Thank you! May be I am wrong, here is the adapter I have, it has a correction lens built in. I don't know how the difference of the focal distance be corrected?

Your particular adapter has the corrective lens to assist in focusing to infinity. The one the OP referred to does not have that lens and will not allow focus to infinity. (Click her provided link for viewing it) The other difference is price of course.

wingclui44 Loc: CT USA

MT Shooter wrote:

Your particular adapter has the corrective lens to assist in focusing to infinity. The one the OP referred to does not have that lens and will not allow focus to infinity. (Click her provided link for viewing it) The other difference is price of course.

Now I know the one she mentioned is for macro only, just like an extension tube!

Konimom Loc: Virginia

Thanks for all the help here...I definitely care about the quality of the Bokeh and realize I need to rent the Nikon 1.4 to get a real feel. Also might look into the Sigma which seems like a great lens. Photography seems like a never ending quest for bigger, better, best! The more you know, the more you know.

amehta wrote:

We might disagree on the definition of bokeh. I would say that depth of field is the indicator of what is out of focus, and bokeh is the quality of how that looks.

Does Konimom care about the amount of blur, or the quality of the blur? If it's the amount, that can be simulated with her Nikon 50mm f/1.8. If it's the quality, only the Nikon 50mm f/1.8G will show her what that particular lens does.

rocketride Loc: Upstate NY

amehta wrote:

We might disagree on the definition of bokeh. I would say that depth of field is the indicator of what is out of focus, and bokeh is the quality of how that looks.

Does Konimom care about the amount of blur, or the quality of the blur? If it's the amount, that can be simulated with her Nikon 50mm f/1.8. If it's the quality, only the Nikon 50mm f/1.8G will show her what that particular lens does.

Remember that bokeh (when the lens isn't wide open) is also a function of the number and shape of the diaphragm blades.

Konimom Loc: Virginia

Thanks

rocketride wrote:

Remember that bokeh (when the lens isn't wide open) is also a function of the number and shape of the diaphragm blades.

alfeng Loc: Out where the West commences ...

Konimom wrote:

I currently have a AF-S Nikon 50mm 1.8 lens and ha... (show quote)

FWIW. The FLANGE-TO-FOCAL-PLANE distance for vintage Canon & Nikon SLRs is different ...

_ 42.00 mm Flange to Focal Plane <--> Canon FL/FD
_ 46.50 mm Flange to Focal Plane <--> Nikon

THAT means that excluding the thickness of the adapter, itself, you are beginning with the equivalent of a 4.5mm extension tube ... so figure, by mounting your 50mm FD lens on your Nikon body you probably would be using the equivalent of a ~10mm extension tube with a Nikon mount lens if you were to use the hollow tube adapter which Amazon has.

As noted, the adapter which wingclui44 which has corrective glass is a solution, but the results may-or-may-not be disappointing ...

amehta Loc: Boston

Konimom wrote:

Thanks for all the help here...I definitely care about the quality of the Bokeh and realize I need to rent the Nikon 1.4 to get a real feel. Also might look into the Sigma which seems like a great lens. Photography seems like a never ending quest for bigger, better, best! The more you know, the more you know.

It's certainly a quest for the best images! The Sigma has gotten great reviews. And it's priced competitively by which I mean it costs more than the Nikon. :-)

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

wingclui44 wrote:

I will say no too! I did the same using an adapter for a Canon FD lens on my Nikon, the IQ were so poor, color fringe was all over the image, because the low quality of glass element in the adapter.

There shouldn't be any glass elements in an adapter-period!
And besides, it is very unlikely to find an adapter for that. I know of only one adapter ever been available for that combination. I think it was made by Bower and it was one big piece of metal (almost looked like a second lens). For a while (loooong while), I have tried to locate one somewhere on the net, but to no avail.

gessman Loc: Colorado

Konimom wrote:

I currently have a AF-S Nikon 50mm 1.8 lens and ha... (show quote)

Not that it's relevant to your particular pursuit, but when I can get a correct and accurate answer to a question I have for a cost of $10.00, I would rarely ever ask that question here where I know I will get nothing but conflicting information from the "experts," and burn up an entire day of my time monitoring the thread.

Now, I have used both types adapters using Nikon lens on Canon and I will tell you that the glass in the adapter that permits focus to infinity affects the clarity of your images and makes it not worth it if you have high expectations involving image clarity. The adapter without the glass allows focus to about 8 to 10 feet in front of you, at best, a poor substitute for an extension tube. There are people in uhh who swear that they use the adapter with glass and it does an outstanding job but I've never seen a single one of those people post an image to confirm their contention.