Canon FD adapter with or without aperture control ring?

Ian Slessor

Ian Slessor

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Hey all,

Loving my GH1 - thanks for the deal Peter!

I've a couple of Canon FD lenses en route from eBay sellers and I'm looking for an adapter.

Some of the adapters have an aperture control ring.

Is this necessary and what is its purpose? Please remember I have no experience with SLR cams so no mocking. That's my wife and kids job. heh.

Thanks for the assist.

sincerely,


ian
 
Canon FD adapters should not have aperture rings. A couple of them have a "locking" mechanism that turns, but FD adapters themselves should not have aperture rings. There may be some Canon EOS adapters with aperture control rings available now, but not on the FD mount. Once you put an FD lens on the adapter, you will control the aperture with the aperture ring on the FD lens itself.

Curiously, which FD lenses did you pick up?
 
Thanks for the info, tia.

As I'm just starting out I picked up some FD cheapies. :D

A Canon f/1.4 50mm & a...JC Penney (heh) f/2.8 28mm.

The JCP lens I picked up for under $30 CDN all in.

I'd like to get a 35, 85 & 100 but I'll start with these two and go from there.

sincerely,

ian
 
Ian Slessor said:
Thanks for the info, tia.

As I'm just starting out I picked up some FD cheapies. :D

A Canon f/1.4 50mm & a...JC Penney (heh) f/2.8 28mm.

The JCP lens I picked up for under $30 CDN all in.

I'd like to get a 35, 85 & 100 but I'll start with these two and go from there.

sincerely,

ian
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The 50mm f1.4 is great, the JC Penny lens will probably be fine too.

The Canon 85mm lenses are all pretty expensive, the 135mm f2.5 can be had for pretty low $$$ however and it's a great lens.

If you're buying on a budget - don't overlook the Canon FL lenses. These work on the Canon FD adapters and are very similar to FD lenses, they are older, have different coatings, etc., etc., but they are excellent and even cheaper than FD lenses a lot of the time - the biggest difference you'll notice is that they are all breech-lock style (whereas FDs can be either breech lock or bayonet) and you adjust the aperture with a ring at the front of the lens (I actually kind of like this better for shooting video).

Anyways, do an ebay search for "canon fl" at some point and you'll see what I mean - the 35mm f2.5 is usually pretty inexpensive (good buy I think), not as good as the FD 35mm f/2, but much cheaper.

Another good way to buy FD lenses is to look for people selling old Canon AE-1 outfits where they sell the camera and all their lenses in one auction, a lot of people don't bother to look through the descriptions of these, and while usually, they are full of junky lenses, you do occasionally find someone who's including all real Canon glass and even some of the rarer lenses and you can pick them up for a fraction of what they go for individually.
 
Oddly, my 50mm f1.8 FL lens fits fine, but won't focus to infinity on my cieco7 adapter. All the FDs are fine.
 
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