Lens adaptor for Canon Digital Rebel.

As I have posted recently, I am considering the Canon digital Rebel. I have
used an older SLR system in the past (Minolta SRT with Roccor Lenses). Is
there any kind of adaptor that would allow me to use the Minolta lenses on
the digital Rebel, even if it only works in manual mode??? Please advise

 

Not that I am aware of. How many lenses do you have? If you only have one or two
Minolta lenses, you might be better off spending the extra $100 and buy the Digital
Rebel Kit which comes with a lens.

 

Nope. The only real choice you have (which I did) is to buy a T-Mount to EOS
adapter and then choose and buy T-Mount lenses, which will then focus to
infinity. One of the things I did which is really great was to then use a
Leica Screw Mount to T-Mount adapter, and now I use various enlarger lenses
for SUPER macro work.
Joe Arnold

 

I have a great collection of Canon FD lenes - does anyone know if I will be
able to use these with the digital Rebel?

 

There are a few makers of Canon FD to EOS adapters, but most don't contain
optical glass elements which are needed if you wish to be able to achieve
infinity focus. The ones that do have the glass elements have a
multiplication factor of about 1.5X, which, for example makes an FD 50mm ƒ
1.4 lens into an effective 75mm ƒ2 optic. The T-Mount adapters I refer to in
an earlier reply in this thread don't contain any glass, and DO allow
infinity focus. It's all related to lens 'back focus'.
Joe Arnold

 

See: http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/mounts.htm
The lens-mount-to-film-plane register for Minolta MD is 43.50mm and for
Canon EOS is 44.00mm. Any adapter that would allow infinity focus would
have to contain optics (image degrading) and would affect an additional
"multiplier" effect.

-Dave

 

Or buy a Nikon-EOS adapter and use Nikon lenses ;-)

-Dave

 

Hey - didn't think of that. Great idea, but will they focus to infinity?
Joe

 

Or a T-mount to EOS adapter and any cheap T-mount manual lenses if you are
not too picky about quality of the pictures altough you would be surprised
at what you can do with old equipment..

Jean

 

Hi Jean - your reply includes my earlier post in this thread which says
exactly what you do. ???
Joe Arnold

 

Yup it will focus to infinity, and unlike the Nikon DSLR's, it will
meter through *any* lens mounted.

-Dave

 

Yeah - just set the camera to AV, and the meter will set the appropriate
shutter speed for the light allowed by the lens. Will the adapter allow the
Nikon lens to stop down, or is there no link needed on the adapter for that
purpose. (Don't remember much from my Nikon days!).
Joe

 

Ooops, just noticed that. I have a few T-mount lenses I used on my Canon
FTb ranging from 28mm to 500mm as well as a bellows I adapted to fit the
Drebel. The 500mm (a Vivitar f6,3) becomes an 800mm lens on the Drebel and
while it is not Canon L glass, for the few times I use it, it's OK. I don't
have any T-mount enlarger lenses but it's fun trying all kinds of things
with that camera.

Jean

PS with so many people buying Drebels, it's going to push old lens prices up
;-)

 

I have a few T-mount lenses I used on my Canon

I was thinking the same thing. I've done a few searches for T-Mount lenses
without much luck except for the 500mm cats. I still have a Pentax screw
mount to Canon FD adapter that allows infinity focus on Canon bodies, and
would like to find the same for EOS, but no luck yet. Ever hear of one?

BTW - the enlarger lenses are Leica screw mount, but can be adapted to the
T-mount thread with an adapter ring. Magnification is controlled with
varying lengths of Leica thread extension tubes - a really great way to get
almost microscopic images.
Joe

 

From: http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/mounts.htm
Pentax Screw: 45.46mm
Canon FD: 42.00mm
Canon EOS: 44.00mm
Nikon F: 46.50mm

The Nikon-EOS adapter is 2.5mm thin, a Pentax-EOS adapter could be only
1.5mm. Its doubtful that one could exist.

-Dave

 

Yah, someone makes an adapter for screw mount Pentax lenses to EOS. I have
several, mail ordered them somewhere. B&H maybe? I primarily use a bellows
Takumar and a Takumar semi-fisheye on my Canon A2, and will use them on my
DRebel when I get one. Tried it out at a dealer and it works in manual
exposure mode only, but that will be good enough.

 

It will allow the Nikon lens to stop-down, which is required to meter at
anything other than max aperture. And, of course, the lens must be
stopped-down before exposure.

-Dave

 

Thanks! Found it here:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=97552&is=REG

Joe Arnold