05-06-2011, 08:25 PM
[quote name='Vieux loup' timestamp='1304704499' post='8101']
I have just found my "old" FD lenses with a Canon FTB from 1976 and am just starting to look into the use of an adaptor ring either to M 4/3 or to EF type Canon bodies. Have any of you experience with either of the alternatives and do you know the best adaptor ring? See BC, I might end up with a Canon after all <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> !!
I am amazed at and had forgot the small size of the lenses.
Thanks in advance for your input!!
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Are they lenses that are worthwhile the effort? Some FD lenses were special (like the f1.2 versions), but not all old primes from Canon (and Nikon) are worth any investment...
As said above, you can use them on EF with an adapter which has optics to correct the flange distance difference, but they act as tele converters and their simple optics SUCK, making the whole effort not worth while.
A simple adapter from ebay WITHOUT optics is more interesting, but will lose you infinity focus. How much you lose depends on the focal length: the wider the lens, the bigger the shrinkage of focus distance.
A Sony NEX with FD adapter might be more interesting. But only if the lenses are good enough to warrant the experiment.
I have just found my "old" FD lenses with a Canon FTB from 1976 and am just starting to look into the use of an adaptor ring either to M 4/3 or to EF type Canon bodies. Have any of you experience with either of the alternatives and do you know the best adaptor ring? See BC, I might end up with a Canon after all <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> !!I am amazed at and had forgot the small size of the lenses.
Thanks in advance for your input!!
[/quote]
Are they lenses that are worthwhile the effort? Some FD lenses were special (like the f1.2 versions), but not all old primes from Canon (and Nikon) are worth any investment...
As said above, you can use them on EF with an adapter which has optics to correct the flange distance difference, but they act as tele converters and their simple optics SUCK, making the whole effort not worth while.
A simple adapter from ebay WITHOUT optics is more interesting, but will lose you infinity focus. How much you lose depends on the focal length: the wider the lens, the bigger the shrinkage of focus distance.
A Sony NEX with FD adapter might be more interesting. But only if the lenses are good enough to warrant the experiment.