My 10D with a Canon 50mm f/1.8 FD lens

A neighbor of mine collects older camera stuff and recently got a bunch of Canon manual focus lenses for his T1 (I think it's a T1). Among the stuff was an adapter for FD mount to EOS mount. SO he loaned me this adapter and a 50mm FD lens to play with. Here's a shot of my 10D with the FD 50mm lens... I'll be playing with it and will have some shots up soon I hope. The 2nd photo is a shot of the FD 50mm lens taken with my new 85mm 1.8 . So much to play with this week-end... my new EF-85mm f/1.8 and now an FD lens!!! I think my wife is gonna have to surgically remove the camera from my hand this evening!!!

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Here are a couple of photos... I understand that it's not the best way to compare, but I took the 1st photo with the EF-85mm @ f/2.0 ISO200, the 2nd with the FD-50mm @ f/2.0 ISO200. This is one of the very 1st tries with the FD lens... so I'm not all too sure about how I should set the 10D. IMO, the photo taken with the FD lens seems a little softer than the one taken with the 85mm 1.8

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Hi
Does this adapter have lens element? can u focus to ifnfinity?

thanks
leo

Yes, As Leo asked, does it have a glass element? I have seen several of these on eBay for around $37.00. I am intrigued but when I heard that it has a glass element in it I got leery that any 37.00 piece of glass between my DRXT and a great FD lens might spoil things. I have also seen eBay listings for a much more expensive version MADE BY CANON called the "FD to EOS Macro adapter" which has no element and thus cannot focus at infinity. Has anyone had any knowledge of either setup? I will be waiting eagerly to see more photos made with either of these adapters. There are some great lens deals to be had on old FD lenses.

Yeah... the adapter does have a lens in it. And yes, can be focused to infinity at least with the 50mm lens that was loaned to me with the adapter. Now, I figure that this adapter might not work with all FD lenses... but I haven't tried any others as of yet. I would say that if you're contemplating getting an adapter and using manual focus lenses (Canon FD or any of the others made by Leica, etc.), you might want to get a prism type focusing screen... I find it rather hard to tell when the subject is in total focus with the 10D's OEM screen.

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There is definitely a visible difference (colour, contrast) between the shot fo the 85/1.8 and the 50/1.8 FD with the adapter. I assume that sharpness will also be quite different, but this can not be judged at the small image.

Is that the original Canon adapter?

Best regards,
Andy

Hi

I also have that adapter, bought it on E-bay, not the original adapter made by Canon ( I read somewhere that those are extremely hard to find and expensive).

I have tried the adapter with all my FD prime lenses and the results were terrible: lack of definition, contrast and colour.

I would not definitely encourage someone to buy one.

Regards

Alberto

Hi
If the FD Lens is shifted 2mm furthur inside the Body, this will slove the INFINITY issue without putting the Lens element in the adapter. This is becuase the Distance between the Flange and Focal Plane in EOS Bodies is 44mm and in FD bodies is 42mm.

http://www.bobatkins.c​om …faq/manual_focu​s_EOS.html

Is it possible to modify the adpater to achive that?

Thanks
Leo.

No, basically because the mount diameter of the FD is too big to allow you to recess it in the EF mount. If you're desperate to use an FD lens on the EOS line, your bbest bet is to get the lens mount on the lens changed to an EF-style. ISTR someone around here has done this for one or two lenses, but he has a machine shop available.