Canon FD to SL adapter - from Poland

[dkCambridgeshire]

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Just received a Canon FD to Leica SL adapter via Ebay from C7adapters i.e. Foto-Akcesoria Ryszard Jankowski ul. Cisowa 9  20-703 Lublin specifically for use with my 33 years old Canon FD 200mm Macro lens. The company specialises in cine adapters made to 3 micron tolerance; the FD to SL adapter is one of the less expensive lines (£45) and the price compares favourably with the Novoflex equivalent (€119.00) 

 

 

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Adapter is well made and there is no play in the camera mount when assembled (unlike cheaper adapters) 

 

 

  

 

Minimal vignetting at f4 (full aperture) … whereas other FD adapters used with the FD 200mm Macro have resulted in severe vignetting with other DSLRs and mirrorless ICL cameras.  This and the following images were achieved using window lighting plus polystyrene reflectors. 

 

 

 

Stopped down to f16 for increased DOF 

 

 

 

The FD 200mm Macro focuses to life size; 1:1 at f22 

 

 

I'm pleased with the adapter and have projects lined up for it - including imaging with FD 85/1.2L and FD 50/1.2L lenses. 

 

 

Best wishes

 

dunk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 27, 2016 by dkCambridgeshire

[ramarren]

Looks good! It will be interesting to see how it performs with those very fast lenses. 

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[dkCambridgeshire]

Looks good! It will be interesting to see how it performs with those very fast lenses. 

 

 

 

Likely to be two or three weeks before I can use the adapter again - hernia repair surgery tomorrow!

 

dunk

[TheGodParticle/Hari]

Just received a Canon FD to Leica SL adapter via Ebay from C7adapters i.e. Foto-Akcesoria Ryszard Jankowski ul. Cisowa 9 20-703 Lublin specifically for use with my 33 years old Canon FD 200mm Macro lens. The company specialises in cine adapters made to 3 micron tolerance; the FD to SL adapter is one of the less expensive lines (£45) and the price compares favourably with the Novoflex equivalent (€119.00)

 

 

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Adapter is well made and there is no play in the camera mount when assembled (unlike cheaper adapters)

 

 

whole-full-aperture—133.3K.jpg

 

Minimal vignetting at f4 (full aperture) … whereas other FD adapters used with the FD 200mm Macro have resulted in severe vignetting with other DSLRs and mirrorless ICL cameras. This and the following images were achieved using window lighting plus polystyrene reflectors.

 

 

f16-whole-tool-190.6K.jpg

 

Stopped down to f16 for increased DOF

 

 

Life-size-f22--288.9K.jpg

 

The FD 200mm Macro focuses to life size; 1:1 at f22

 

 

I'm pleased with the adapter and have projects lined up for it - including imaging with FD 85/1.2L and FD 50/1.2L lenses.

 

 

Best wishes

 

dunk

 

 

Thank you for the report, I am on the lookout for a good FD adapter for the SL

 

Is price the only difference between this adapter and the Novoflex offering or are there other factors (vignetting as you mentioned?) why you picked this one?

[dkCambridgeshire]

Bought it on price and quality … latter documented on their website i.e. 2 micron tolerance / accuracy. I've spent a small fortune on adaptors recently including the Novoflex EF to SL and needed to look around for a less expensive, but quality, and non-Chinese, FD to SL adapter.  Any FD adapter is likely to vignette when used with the FD 200mm Macro; the minimal vignetting with the C7 is acceptable and unlikely the lens will be used at f4 in practice. I have noticed that the anodising is slightly 'rubbed' on the bayonet mount where it makes contact with the camera - but that is to be expected. My Leica T 23mm lens is similarly 'rubbed' on the lens hood bayonet - again, to be expected. The C7 adapter is approx. half the price of the Novoflex equivalent.  

 

Best wishes

 

dunk

Edited July 27, 2016 by dkCambridgeshire

[dkCambridgeshire]

 

 

Just received a Canon FD to Leica SL adapter via Ebay from C7adapters i.e. Foto-Akcesoria Ryszard Jankowski ul. Cisowa 9  20-703 Lublin specifically for use with my 33 years old Canon FD 200mm Macro lens. The company specialises in cine adapters made to 3 micron tolerance; the FD to SL adapter is one of the less expensive lines (£45) and the price compares favourably with the Novoflex equivalent (€119.00) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT :  Original post should read:  " … made to 2 micron tolerance " … not 3 microns

 

https://c7adapters.com/en/product/canon_fd_-_leica_sl/112

 

Apologies

 

dunk

Edited July 27, 2016 by dkCambridgeshire

[Sandokan]

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Strange how prices vary by a factor of 10 - there is not much difference between the Nikon to SL adaptor compared to FD to SL adaptor?

[dkCambridgeshire]

Strange how prices vary by a factor of 10 - there is not much difference between the Nikon to SL adaptor compared to FD to SL adaptor?

 

 

There is a difference - specification/features and construction 

 

dunk

[TheGodParticle/Hari]

There is a difference - specification/features and construction

 

dunk

Could you elaborate please?

 

Best wishes for your surgery

 

Hari

[dkCambridgeshire]

Could you elaborate please?

 

Best wishes for your surgery

 

Hari

 

 

Just leaving - No Time - See illustrations and specs on manufacturer's website 

 

dunk

[jonoslack]

Likely to be two or three weeks before I can use the adapter again - hernia repair surgery tomorrow!

 

dunk

 

Oh Dunk

Poor you - I hope it's not too painful and works really well. (you haven't been carrying around that 90-280 too much have you?)

Very best wishes

[dkCambridgeshire]

Do not have 90-280 yet Jono but will be resume using 800mm Telyt asap . Surgical Op went splendidly & so far no painkillers required . Just have to be careful lifting - only light items and knees bend / no bending/stooping.  Back home now & have Leica compacts to use e.g. XV / X1 . Experiments planned with SL & Canon FD 50/1.2 L & FD 85/1.2 L when able. 

 

Regards

 

dunk  

[Sandokan]

Hi, I looked and the difference is in the use of stainless steel for the mounts (still body is aircraft grade Aluminium) plus foot for tripod plus being shimmable, while the cheaper one is only Aluminium. Both have the same tolerances.

 

Hope recovery goes quickly Dunk.

[jonnyboy]

I'm looking to get a 50m 1.2 FD lens, anyone had the chance to try it on SL systems? I would be curious to know how it performs....

[dkCambridgeshire]

2 hours ago, jonnyboy said:

I'm looking to get a 50m 1.2 FD lens, anyone had the chance to try it on SL systems? I would be curious to know how it performs....

Please consider watching this FD lenses for cine guide ... it documents their imaging characteristics 

 

[Stuart Richardson]

I still have my FD lenses from when I started photography. I am lucky to have the 50mm 1.2 and 85mm 1.2. In my opinion, these lenses are best suited to film photography or cine use. I know these lenses are generally chosen for their look and atmosphere, not their sharpness, but I still found the sharpness and aberrations to be a bit uncomfortably high for use on high resolution digital.

[jonnyboy]

6 hours ago, Stuart Richardson said:

I still have my FD lenses from when I started photography. I am lucky to have the 50mm 1.2 and 85mm 1.2. In my opinion, these lenses are best suited to film photography or cine use. I know these lenses are generally chosen for their look and atmosphere, not their sharpness, but I still found the sharpness and aberrations to be a bit uncomfortably high for use on high resolution digital.

Interesting take. How about using it for BW images on digital?

[Stuart Richardson]

I don't want to stop anyone from using them, and I think they are beautiful in the right context. I learned photography with a T90 and F1 I got passed down from my father. I still have them and they are great cameras and nice lenses to use. That said, I remember being very surprised how much more contrast my 50mm summicron had. Even just looking at a 35mm slide on the light table it was immediately apparent how much more color depth and snap the Leica lenses had. It was like a haze being removed. That was almost twenty years ago now. But that gauziness is exactly what people are looking for now. They are atmospheric lenses these days, and I think given their current high price, there are probably easier to adapt lenses that will do that job as well or better for a lot less money, and with easier adapters. For example older Leica screwmount lenses like the 50mm Summarit, or even some of the older and cheaper M mount lenses, either from Leica or Voigtlander. You don't really see the deficiencies as easily on video as the max resolution of the final product is typically no higher than 4k, which is about 8mp. But try taking a picture of them on 47mp... But it is all about what you are after. If you are after a sharp/soft look, where the point of focus is sharp and the background is dreamy, they are not really going to give you that. But if you want a look that is soft/soft, where everything is slightly fuzzy, then they are a good choice. Stopped down to 5.6 or f8 they will render like a lower contrast, lower resolution version of a modern lens. My words are primarily about the 50mm 1.2L and 85mm 1.2L. There are sharper lenses in the FD lineup...

 

[Jean-Michel]

A friend gave me his Canon A1 and FD lenses some years ago jut for display purposes. I purchased  an inexpensive Fotodiox FD-L/M to try his lenses on my M-P. The combination of the FD-L/M adapter and the M to L adapter allows me to mount theses lenses on the SL2. I only really relied one lens: the 70-210 zoom on the SL2 (I fake it as an 135 Elmarit to allow the IBIS to work). Pretty nice results with the lens. 

Edited December 11, 2022 by Jean-Michel
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[jonnyboy]

9 hours ago, Stuart Richardson said:

I don't want to stop anyone from using them, and I think they are beautiful in the right context. I learned photography with a T90 and F1 I got passed down from my father. I still have them and they are great cameras and nice lenses to use. That said, I remember being very surprised how much more contrast my 50mm summicron had. Even just looking at a 35mm slide on the light table it was immediately apparent how much more color depth and snap the Leica lenses had. It was like a haze being removed. That was almost twenty years ago now. But that gauziness is exactly what people are looking for now. They are atmospheric lenses these days, and I think given their current high price, there are probably easier to adapt lenses that will do that job as well or better for a lot less money, and with easier adapters. For example older Leica screwmount lenses like the 50mm Summarit, or even some of the older and cheaper M mount lenses, either from Leica or Voigtlander. You don't really see the deficiencies as easily on video as the max resolution of the final product is typically no higher than 4k, which is about 8mp. But try taking a picture of them on 47mp... But it is all about what you are after. If you are after a sharp/soft look, where the point of focus is sharp and the background is dreamy, they are not really going to give you that. But if you want a look that is soft/soft, where everything is slightly fuzzy, then they are a good choice. Stopped down to 5.6 or f8 they will render like a lower contrast, lower resolution version of a modern lens. My words are primarily about the 50mm 1.2L and 85mm 1.2L. There are sharper lenses in the FD lineup...

 

Thank you that was very helpful!