memorykeeper Loc: Indianapolis, Indiana

I own some good sharp FD lenses made by Canon of Japan and an adapter to use them on my EOS 650 film SLR anf my Rebel XT; I cannot get them to focus properly, manually of course except the 50mm when I get really close. Why is this happening? If and adapter is made and sold for that specific purpose, shouldn't it work?

LarryD Loc: Mojave Desert

Adapters are only made to mate the lens to the body, not to work...:roll:

Most adapters move the lens too far away from the film plane and make focus to infinity impossible.. They may also have a less than quality lens element in them. Most will focus out to a certain distance, but not infinity...

Canon did make an adapter that works, but they only made it for a few years. they are now very expensive and almost impossible to find.

846Studios

I started a topic about this same subject. If you want to see the responses, you can find it here:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-2653-1.html

gessman Loc: Colorado

It was called to my attention by a fellow forum member that there is one of those Canon adapters on ebay right now - $1999.00. I won't be bidding against you if you decide you want it. I have EOS L glass that does the same thing as my FD L quality glass and can't justify the $2+k that adapter is going to go for. My blessings to you.

846Studios

Wow! That's pricey☺

gessman Loc: Colorado

Yah. Here's the url if you want to just get a smell of it like I did. It looks a tad different to all those from Hong Kong and China. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Canon-FD-EOS-converter-FD-EOS-original-adapter-/150467746...

gessman Loc: Colorado

Sorry. I just went there an it's no longer available. Somebody's got some bucks somewhere.

846Studios

I think I would have just put that 2K into some L glass, but if you have a closet full of FD lenses maybe it was worth it for them.

obeone

If you have a 600mm F2.8 FD lens then it's worth it. I have a friend who bought one of the adapters but he only paid $800 for it a few years ago.

clicktime Loc: Yucca Valley Ca.

I have two of the adaptors for FD lens and I am not happy with the results. I get a bad vinnette when I use it on my old 600mm fd lens. It does work and one of them has a confirm chip in it. That allows you to get some meta data when you use the fd lens. I have decided to use it on a film camera to avoid all the problems. I will probably just sell the old equiptment soon before the value drops to much. I have seen the canon adaptor go for around $1000.00 on ebay within the last six months. We should all put pressure on canon to reproduce the adaptor. It sold for around two hundred when canon first made it. They made them when they first switched to digital cameras so the pros that had a large investment in glass could keep using there equiptment. There is the potential to make alot of money if someone came up with a good working adaptor.

bull drink water Loc: pontiac mi.

has anyone heard of fotodiox? i use all my fd lenes on mmy sony alpha's, with no focus problems. $39.00