chipped manual focus lens adapter for eos

gtc

further to my previous post regarding 5d and manual focus-

it appears that the canon digital eos bodies do not allow focus confirmation with unchipped manual lenses.

an adapter has however been made which includes a chip which tells the camera that there is a lens attached.

so far there is one which allows the use of Nikon F lenses on EOS bodies and gives focus confirmation.

one is being made for the M42 pentax screwmount and a group of manual lens heads on the manual focus forum are going to try and negotiate a bulk discount.

here is a link to the forum for those who are interested-

http://oomz.net/mf/index.php

ziggy53

Greg,

Yes, I'm very interested in this adapter. Please keep us posted here.

Thanks,

ziggy53

gtc

m42 to eos adapter with focus confirmation chip
ziggy

it may be available-i got this link from the manual focusforum but can't access ebay at work-you might like to have a look at it and tell me what you think.

greg



The M42 to EOS version is now available.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi … T&rd=1

Scott_Quier

I am also interested in this if there is something to mate a Canon FD lens to EOS body (20D). Is there any joy to be had? Inquiring minds want to know.

ziggy53

gtc wrote:

ziggy

it may be available-i got this link from the manual focusforum but can't access ebay at work-you might like to have a look at it and tell me what you think.

greg



The M42 to EOS version is now available.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi … T&rd=1

Greg,

Unfortunately, all I found was this:

"The seller ended this listing early because the item is no longer available for sale."

Something must have happened.

Thanks,

ziggy53

ziggy53

Scott_Quier wrote:

I am also interested in this if there is something to mate a Canon FD lens to EOS body (20D). Is there any joy to be had? Inquiring minds want to know.

Scott,

Unfortunately, the FD was used on bodies with a shorter distance from the mount to the focal plane (than the EOS system), which means that the focus distance is shortened, and a simple mechanical adapter won't retain focus to infinity.

I found an inexpensive adapter at Adorama, but the results are not very good.

Here's a link to a previous discussion:

http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=140388&postcount=4

ziggy53