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Originally posted by Senna4ever
You cannot use FD lenses on a EOS body though if your gear is canon.
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Not true. I was just reading about this on fredmiranda the other day, I'll dig it up.
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/490981
Or if you don't have an account there, this guy sums it up:
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icon Re: FD to EOS
Repost from an older thread:
Dirb9 said
Three (or four) options
1. Genuine Canon convertor: it only works with lenses longer than 200mm, is a 1.26x converter and you lose 2/3 of a stop, but you maintain infinity focus. IQ seems to be hit or miss; some people think it sucks, others think there is almost no IQ loss. Upwards of $800. The last one in immaculate condition sold on ebay for around $1200.
2. Cheap Hama convertor with optics: works for slightly more lenses, but not that many more lenses, you lost I think 1 stop, and its a 1.3x converter, plus crappy IQ. You keep infinity focus. Around $100.
3. Cheap converter without optics: basically, an extension tube with an FD mount on one end and an EF mount on the other. No IQ loss and you can use it on any lens, but you no longer can focus to infinity. Some people use bellows and dedicated bellows lenses with this convertor and get great results, since they wouldn't have infinity focus anyways. Around $20.
4. Get the lens you're thinking of converted to Nikon mount: no IQ loss at all, no loss of light either, and you maintain infinity focus. Any lens can be converted, the wider the lens, the more it will cost, as more modification is required. There was a guy on photo.net who successfully converted a few lenses (like the old 50/1.2L and a 35) for around $100, but he got really sick and had to stop. SK Grimes and some other compaines can do this. But the lens can never be mounted on an FD camera again, and this option usually seems to run between $300 and $500.
To sum it up, its not worth it, unless you have a lens that isn't duplicated in EF mount (like the 150-500/2.6), or you already have a amazing lens that one of these options would be cheaper than getting a similar lens in EF mount. (Like say, you somehow got a 400/2.8 from your brother for free, so any option would be cheaper than getting a EF mount 400/2.8)