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arrilaGloge
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 Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject: 35mm telephoto lens adaptabilty to DSLR camera? |
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| Hello All;I own a Canon 500mm mirrored telephoto lens I used to use with my Canon 35mm cameras.Like the rest of the world (it seems), I have been using my DSLR (Canon Digital Rebel XT (350D)) as my main camera.This lens provided spectacular long-distance shots in the old days of 35mm photography, and I'd like to be able to use it with the digital camera...Is there any kind of adapter out there to accomplish this?Manual focus doesn't bother me, as I've done it for years, so that isn't a concern.I'd also like to know that if such an adapter exists, will I be able to focus the camera at infinity, with it in place?Any and all help would be greatly appreciated...Peace,Bobby |
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Invisigoth5616
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| Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:53 pm Post subject: 35mm telephoto lens adaptabilty to DSLR camera? |
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| see if you can find an FD-EF mount.I am assuming that the 500mm lens is an FD mount. If it was an EF mount, you wouldn't need to be asking this question.I'm pretty sure I have seen FD-EF mounts on ebay. I don't know how good the quality would be, but you might get some interesting shots!!You probably would have to be full manual mode, like the500 mm mirror lens has a fixed f8 aperture. you might need to just manually play around with exposure settings and so forth as well as focus. High speed sports photography probably wouldn't be possible. |
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HersApesk
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| Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:22 am Post subject: 35mm telephoto lens adaptabilty to DSLR camera? |
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| I hate to burst your bubble here.. but the quality of those mirrored lenses is non-existant. The aperture on those things are usually up around f8. If you manage to find an adapter I bet the quality would be crap. The glass you put on the digital is more important than the camera itself. Always has been. But with todays DSLRs it is even more so important. |
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Appovaroadyiho
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| Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:52 am Post subject: 35mm telephoto lens adaptabilty to DSLR camera? |
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| Try Googling "Canon lens adaptors" and doing some research. I got lots of hits when I just did this. |
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astediasheefe
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| Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:21 am Post subject: 35mm telephoto lens adaptabilty to DSLR camera? |
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| Buy the adapter and enjoy using your old friend.I get a chuckle out of people who know absolutely nothing about lenses and feel it necessary to share their ignorance with everyone. |
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dkappa956885
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| Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:51 pm Post subject: 35mm telephoto lens adaptabilty to DSLR camera? |
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| This is a very common question for people with old Canon FD lenses.The short answer is that there's no good converter for your mirror lens.It won't focus at infinity with the cheap eBay converters. To do that, it requires additional optical elements between the lens and the camera body, which greatly affect optical performance. On top of that, converters with those elements are designed for long focal length lenses and are very expensive.Bottom line: you're better off just buying another mirror lens in the Canon EF mount than to get a converter of dubious quality that won't focus at infinity. The designs are pretty standard for a mirror lens and even the inexpensive ones work like the really expensive ones. However, as other posters have noted, mirror lenses have weaknesses like poor bokeh, doughnut shaped highlights, not so good sharpness on digital, etc. But for magnification for the buck, they are unbeatable.Other terms to look for when shopping: try "reflex lens" which is another term for a mirror lens, as well as "catadioptric lens."AS for one of the other answers....I doubt he's ever shot with a mirror lens on a camera, or he wouldn't have answered the way he did. I happen to own a mirror lens and while it's an okay performer, I prefer a true refractive lens instead of a mirror lens for shooting at such long focal lengths. |
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