Anyone here a pro photographer?

[heylookitscaps]

I just upgraded my SLR to a T3i, and after going thru my closet I found almost a hald dozen old FD lenses. I found a 24mm wide angle, 2 50mms, and a 100mm portrait lens. I know I cant just slap it on to my new camera, but I know they make adapters.

My question is this, has anyone here used one? or have any recommendations? I travel to China frequently, and I know most adapters are made there.

[OneFitZ]

I know Armanda does photography.

[heylookitscaps]

Ill have to PM if they dont see it here. Im really curious what I can do with these.

heres some photos of what I found.

[human668]

First, carefully check there's any mould on/inside them.

[heylookitscaps]

No, they're all in pristine shape. My dad had em sealed and stored properly

[Jayemtee]

It's not worth the trouble and the cost of an adapter to put an FD on an EOS. There are two different kinds of adapters, both of which give poor results. One has glass in it and magnifies the picture and loses quality. The kind without the glass has limited focal range.

[heylookitscaps]

Im mainly looking to take photos of cars, its kinda my hobby. would any of these lenses be good for that?

[jergru]

I have an adaptor for a few old canon lenses that are very similar. The results are really nice and definitely give a different look to the photo.

Using them on the other hand is quite difficult. You must use full manual (not really a big deal) and manual focus which wouldn't be so hard if there was something telling you when you were in focus. It's a complete guessing game.

I'll try and find which adaptor I have later when I am back home. I don't remember it being too expensive.

[Jayemtee]

Google putting an FD lens on an EOS. It will explain the issues and give you some work arounds. There are even websites on converting your old lenses, which is pretty intense.

I stand by my original thought to either go big or go home. If you are gonna use a cheesy work around, you might as well just get a point and shoot...which have improved greatly over the last several years.

[kalkman007]

I am a pro nut not a Cannon person, they can be to old and damage your camera, see the manual for compatible lenses and settings. The quality of those old lenses are worse then new (cheap) lenses!

If you find cannon to expensive, sigma is a verry good brand.

Some settings to start: iso 100, shutter 1/100 and the inner ring on lens 5.6. More iso for lighter pictures or faster shutter speed like 1/250. The inner ring lets more light in the camera at 1.4 then on 22.

24 mm gives a wider view then a 100 mm, use a 24 mm for landscape and a 100 mm for macro or 50 for portrait. The outher ring is the focus ring.

Becouse you have a digital camera the actual figures in mm is X 1.5, so a 100 mm is a 150 etc

Have fun!