like minolta nikon!.!. i found an fd adapter already!.!. is there an adapter for every kind of lens type!? will they all work !?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Position:Home>Visual Arts> Is there adapters for every kind of lens to fit on a canon eos digital (xsi) ?Question: Is there adapters for every kind of lens to fit on a canon eos digital (xsi) !? like minolta nikon!.!. i found an fd adapter already!.!. is there an adapter for every kind of lens type!? will they all work !?Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The Canon EOS system can be adapted to fit a variety of different 35mm-equivalent lens mounts!. This was a deciding factor in my choosing an EOS system -- I wanted to be able to use my older Nikon and Leica lenses on my EOS bodies!. To answer your question, some lens mounts will work better than others, and some are so obscure you'll never find one!. Glassless mount convesion rings are the best options available as they do not have to use a glass element to allow the lens to focus properly!. Glass elements in adapters tend to be of extremely poor quality, especially those found in FD-to-EOS adapters not manufactured by Canon, and thus they result in a great decrease in quality!. As a rule of thumb for lenses in general (and not just limited to adapters), any time you add a piece of glass in front or behind the lens that was not originally part of that lens, you will see a decrease in quality!. Some more expensive solutions, such as manufacturer-specific tele-extenders, will tend to correct for these optical errors to a point where you won't notice a difference, but otherwise, avoid adding any glass if at all possible!. As you mentioned Minolta, I've not seen an adapter that allows for proper focusing that does not have a glass element!. The following adapters are available as a glassless mount adapter for the EOS system: Nikon Pentax Screwmount Pentax K (Rare, only for EF-S) Leica R Leica Visoflex Contax/Yashica Olympus OM As for using glassless adapters with the EOS system, I've not run into many issues!. The Digital EOS system is a great solution, as it allows metering without any connections with the lens -- you'll lose auto-aperture and autofocus, but that's it!. I don't really use either of these that often, my particular interests in photography allow me enough time to manually focus!. In fact, I feel that I can manually focus just as fast as most autofocus systems now, it's become second nature, and I almost always shoot in manual mode too!. With the exceptional quality and price of older manual focus lenses, most of my lenses fall into this category!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The problem with that is the lens will not have any "communication" with the camera via the electronic contacts at all!. This results in full manual-stop-down metering with no auto focus--like using a coke bottle for a lens!. Www@QuestionHome@Com |