FD Lenses on my 550D?

[CSB]

I've been thinking about this for a while. Are the FD to EOS adapters on ebay any good? Anyone done this before & been happy with the results?

Any advice welcome, thanks.

 

[LongLensPhotography]

Better think about Leica R, Zeiss in Contax or M42 mount, then Nikon F and so on - if Canon EF lenses are no good for you. FD is the worst case scenario as it requires optical element in the adapter, and they tend to be rather poor.

 

[CSB]

Thanks for the reply. I was hoping it would be a cheaper way of getting some fast primes but it seems I'm going to have to spend more & get EF mount lenses instead.

 

[Jared]

There is nothing wrong with many other makes primes and they don't need a lens element in their adaptors making them superb on a digital.

Olympus om zuiko are brilliant, and M42 thread lenses are the way to go for cheap although prices eem to be climing at the moment quite quickly.

 

[CSB]

I've looked at the M42 lenses but they dont seem to be very fast. I'm wanting F2 or faster at around 35mm. I already have a Tamron 17-50 F2.8 so it has to be faster than that.

 

[tikkathreebarrel]

I've had a quick go with FD lenses on my 5D and have to say that my preference remains in favour of M42 & Ricoh mounts. I've kept an FD f1.8 50mm for now with both types of adapter, optically assisted and mechanical, but I found the actual mounting process quite clunky and it's never going to be the lens I reach for first.
That said, I know that people get good results with FD lenses and that there are both excellent and good value examples out there, as well as companies who can undertake a proper conversion to EOS mount.
In terms of speed, I'd say that the majority of MF lenses on kneebay are not rocket fast but f1.4 lenses in 50/55mm are neither rare nor expensive. I have an Kneebay search for f1.2 lenses (not f2.0) and regularly see examples in this speed at prices much lower than would be expected of an EOS mount.