Canon fd 50mm 1.4 on M9

[sblitz]

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Has anyone put this lens on an M9 or 8.2 or 8 -- and if so how did it work? About to buy an M9 and I have a lot of good Canon FD glass. Puts, in fact, hailed this 50mm as one of the best. Might be, but i am just trying to recycle rather than sell for little or nothing or let it gather dust in the closet. There are some adapters advertised on the internet that you can code, so the link-up is possible. Anyone done it?

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[ricnak]

I had FD lenses too. My understanding on FD/Leica M is:

 

Canon FD lenses are not rangefinder coupled. Adapters are available to mount them on an M body but that does not make them rangefinder coupled. You would not have control over the focus using the rangefinder.

 

The Canon 7 was a rangefinder. The canon lenses that were produced for this camera were rangefinder coupled. These lenses just have Canon, the focal length and the max aperture written on it. The most desirable was the Canon 50mm f 0.95. These can be used with Leica M's.

 

Cheers

[sblitz]

figured it was too good to be true .... thanks for the response, much appreciated.

 

rather than all the venting that goes on, plus the pet photos, this is the type of "conversation" these forums were meant for.

 

thanks again.

[adan]

You can zone-focus FD lenses (or most any SLR lens) from 14mm up through 24mm if stopped down a bit (f/4.5-5.6) - 28-35 if stopped quite a bit (f/8 or so). A 50mm is going to be hit or miss focusing unless used at f/16.

 

As I recall, with FD lenses, you have to lock the aperture lever all the way to the right for the lens to stay stopped down for use on a body without its own stop-down mechanism/lever.

 

Since SLR lenses sit much further from the sensor than M lenses, especially in the wide range, it'll probably work better to experiment with the lens selections via the menu rather than actually code the adapter. The corrections for a 24mm Canon SLR lens sitting 40mm+ from the sensor will likely not be anything like those used for a Leica 24 sitting 25mm (or less) from the sensor.

[lars_bergquist]

Again (see my posting re the 21mm problem) go to http://www.novoflex.de for the mechanical part of the problem.

 

The old man from the Age of the Pentax Thread