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12 years 9 months ago - 12 years 9 months ago #114470 by The Time Capturer
I have a digital Canon that uses EOS lenses. A while back, I purchased a used teleconverter that is FD mount. I purchased an EOS to FD adapter to mount the teleconverter to the camera but forgot the other adapter to mount the lens to the teleconverter.

Here's my logic: To attach an FD lens to an EOS body, a EOS to FD converter is needed ... and it works. However, does it not make sense that the opposite would be true to attach an EOS lens to the FD teleconverter?

I received the FD to EOS converter today and it is the exact same thing as the EOS to FD adapter. Did the eBay seller send me the wrong item or are the two adapters actually the same thing? If so, then what exactly do I need to attach my EOS lens to the FD teleconverter?
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12 years 9 months ago #114926 by The Time Capturer
Any Canon users know this?
Sure, practice makes perfect but, unless you learn from your mistakes, you are only perfecting your ability to fail.
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12 years 9 months ago #115037 by Baydream
Sorry, I was Pentax before going Canon.
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12 years 9 months ago #115046 by Maria21
they are the same...I use my old lenses from my film SLR. They use the same bases as they did back in the film days.. The only real difference is the speed of the lenses when being used in AF mode.

Hope it helps....
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12 years 9 months ago #115052 by Screamin Scott

Maria21 wrote: they are the same...I use my old lenses from my film SLR. They use the same bases as they did back in the film days.. The only real difference is the speed of the lenses when being used in AF mode.

Hope it helps....[/

Are you using older AF EOS mount lenses?....The Canon FD mount was their manual focus mount & they cant be used as is on AF Canon cameras...

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12 years 9 months ago #115053 by Maria21
with the adapter ring you should be able to, but I for the most part I use them in MF mode anyway, so you would have to try it to see for sure if it does work. I don't use AF unless I'm doing work with action of some sort.
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12 years 9 months ago #115058 by chasrich
Be careful. I think I read somewhere that the FD lens might hit the mirror on an EOS camera.

When I buy something from an ebayer I always ask them if the item is what I want. A brief description of what you are trying to do can make the transaction work better in the end. In one case the seller sent me the wrong item after telling me it would work. When I told him of the problem he sent the correct part for no charge and apologized.
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12 years 9 months ago #115066 by Maria21
I might have misread the orig. post. I have used EOS AF lens on an all manual FSLR by using a convertor ring & haven't had any problems. Just had to use the lens in MF mode. I'm not really sure about the other way around
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12 years 9 months ago - 12 years 9 months ago #115082 by The Time Capturer

chasrich wrote: Be careful. I think I read somewhere that the FD lens might hit the mirror on an EOS camera.


That's something I wasn't aware of but, in this case, the teleconverter doesn't overextend into the camera body. I was aware of the lack of autofocusability when I originally purchased the teleconverter and it's not an issue.

I have an EOS to FD converter as well as an FD to EOS converter and they are the exact same thing. They will attach the teleconverter to the camera body but not the lens to the teleconverter.

What I need to know here is what adapter do I need to attach an EOS lens to the outer end of the FD teleconverter.
Sure, practice makes perfect but, unless you learn from your mistakes, you are only perfecting your ability to fail.
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12 years 9 months ago #115112 by Screamin Scott
Here's something interesting that I just found online re FD/EOS mounts & adapters....
photonotes.org/articles/eos-manual-lenses/
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12 years 9 months ago #115140 by The Time Capturer

Screamin Scott wrote: Here's something interesting that I just found online re FD/EOS mounts & adapters....
photonotes.org/articles/eos-manual-lenses/


Okay, so, what I got from that was I wasted my money on the teleconverter because EOS to FD adapter rings don't exist. That kinda sucks. At least I bought it used and never paid much for it.

Thanks Scott so much for your research. It is greatly appreciated.:thumbsup: :goodpost:
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