Canon FD Lens to EOS EF Body Mount Adapter
- Allow to use Canon FD manual focus lenses on Canon EOS film and digital SLR cameras
- Focus to infinity
- FD lens lock, Multi Coated Optical Glass correction lens
- Front and Rear caps included
- Made in Japan, 1 Year International warranty
Product Features
Description
This adapter allow to use CANON FD mount lenses and macro accessories on Canon EOS cameras. The lens distance scale can be used as well as the focusing to infinity .The adapter has correction lens inside.
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(out of 8 reviews)
List Price: $ 125.95
Price: $ 29.95
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Review by M. Letts for Canon FD Lens to EOS EF Body Mount Adapter
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FD (Manual Focus) Lens to Canon EOS (Auto Focus) Body Mount Adapter from 47th St. Camera
I ordered both adapters from Amazon.Com and recieved the CZFDEOSA from Adorama and a product marked Kipon FD-EOS from 47th ST Camera. The Kipon product is excellent. Unfortunately it can easily be mis-used for three reasons. 1) It is high precision and fits the EOS body very tight. It must be turned until it “clicks”, which takes more than the expected force. 2) The adapter lens mount allows the adapter lens to be easily removed, and might be positioned out of range of focus. There is no lens stop, which is good since I can adjust to match the exact point of infinity on the lens. The position seems to be the same for all my FD lenses. 3) The product would benefit from some instructions even though they are obvious to many users. I made a number of disappointing shots until I got everything set right. I currently leave the adapter on my 50D body and I only use FD lenses.
I find I must check that the FD lens aperature ring is not set on A (automatic). We will be setting the aperature manually. The EOS camera is set to AE so only the shutter speed changes with metering. We manually adjust the aperature and ISO settings to get the depth of field and shutter speed we want.
My most common error is that the lens aperature is not stopping down because the adapter is not in the “Lock” position. All is well if I start mounting the lens with the adapter set to “Open”, set the lens to manual wide open, mount the lens on the camera and then set the adapter to “Lock” position. I can check the aperature ring function by stopping down and looking into the view finder (not the LCD) to see the difference. No difference means the adapter is “open” and must be moved to “Lock”. If the FD lens is still in automatic then the manual aperature ring might not move until I take the lens back off the adapter.
My opinion is that the glass in the adapter does not reduce the sharpness of the FD lenses I have. I got some great shots of the craters on the full moon with my FD 500mm which was previously very difficult to use on the Canon A1. I now set the ISO to 3200 on my 50D and get 1/1000th shutter speed at f8. No detectable shake. Same technique works using the Closeup Macro. I can see the pores on my skin. Creative photography is more than point and shoot for me. Automatic focus and image stabilization are luxuries I can trade off for more FD lenses I didn’t used to consider.
Miles Letts
Review by James Bond for Canon FD Lens to EOS EF Body Mount Adapter
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The brand I received was “Kipon”. The adapter comes without instructions, but I found it easy to figure out (It just took about 30 seconds). One red dot was to line up with the eos camera mount, and the other red dot was to line up with the FD lens mount. The words “lock and open” are written on the adapter. You turn it counterclockwise (open) to mount the lens, after which you can leave it as is, or you can turn it clockwise (lock) to get the aperture blades to stop down. I’m not a camera expert but I did not find it that difficult to use.
As might be expected, the corrective lens is not high quality, but then again it doesn’t claim to be. Quality of pictures is hit or miss. Some of them do come out soft (in some cases ‘misty’, or with a bright aura), but other times I can’t tell the difference from those taken with an EF lens. I’ve taken a lot of good pictures with this adapter.
In the end, it’s good for playing around with your old FD lenses, but probably not a replacement for EF-dedicated lenses.
Review by Mike Green for Canon FD Lens to EOS EF Body Mount Adapter
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I bought this adapter to take advantage of the great FD lens buys on Ebay. It works. However, I find it much more user demanding than EF and EF-S lens. It’s a nice toy and good gear to go with your EOS camera if you have FD lenses or are thinking about getting any. Bottom line, it works.
Review by J. Green for Canon FD Lens to EOS EF Body Mount Adapter
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It would be nice if Amazon really cracked down on misleading items in “their” inventory. This item says “Canon FD Lens to EOS EF Body Mount Adapter” and the images shows “Canon” stenciled in the product. However this item is, as previously mentioned in other reviews, an aftermarket item made by a third party vendor. That said, it appears to work as expected. Just make sure your FD lenses are not set to “A” and you should be fine. Oh, and by the way, it’s loose. The fit is in no way snug or tight. I would give this 3 to 4 stars IF it were clear that this product is NOT manufactured by Canon.
Review by Bort for Canon FD Lens to EOS EF Body Mount Adapter
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There’s really no substitute for the actual EOS lenses but for budget filmmakers such as myself, adapters are an affordable way to get your production off the ground. This adapter worked better with my FL Canon lenses from the 60′s, but less well with my 3rd party lenses.
Don’t know if this was the adapter or the lens, but I get this foggy dream like quality to a lot of my shots set against direct sunlight. I don’t get this with my old Canon 35MM so I assume it’s the adapter’s lens compensating for the increased lens registry range.
Basically whether or not you get this product comes down to whether or not you want to spend $40 or so dollars to use the lenses you already have, or whether or not you want to drop $1,300 on one of those EOS bad boy lenses. Choose your path.