Tamron Adaptall 2 lenses

Bend The Light

I have just acquired this lens for pennies, but it gas the Olympus OM adaptor (Tamron Adaptall 2). I was wondering how good this lens was - how it's macro capabilities were. If it's considered a good lens and will be useful to me to operate manually I will buy an adaptall for my Canon 400d (£10 from eBay).
Currently, zoom-wise, I only have the kit lens (18-55mm f3.5) and a basic canon zoom (75-300mm, f4-5.6).

I also have a vivitar 28mm, f2.8 MC Wide Angle. If this is any good, I'll consider an adaptor to use this on my canon, too. However, I do already have a couple of wide(ish) russian style lenses in M42 which I use, so this might not be an advantage. What do you guys think?

Thanks

ziggy53

I have only one Adaptall lens that I use with Canon EOS cameras; a Tamron 500mm mirror (catadioptric), f8, and I use it with an Adaptall II to Pentax screw mount (M42) coupler and the a Pentax screw mount to EOS adapter with a focus confirmation chip.

It gives me a very lightweight 500mm capability in a very compact package.

Remember that you will want to focus with the aperture open and then, when you have acquired focus, stop down the aperture for the exposure. It's not at all handy for moving subjects but for still-lifes it can be rather fun (for a little while).