I bought the CANON FD 50mm F1.4 and FD to NEX adapter.The aperture ring can be turned, but it actually stays at F1.4. Appreciated any help?
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Also, there two levers on the back of the lens. One needs to be engaged by a pin in the adapter. I wonder if the the lens is turned enough. There's a "Lock/Unlock" collar too. Maybe that's in "Lock", and the lens isn't really on all the way?
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So I'm having trouble with two things.....attaching the adapter ring on to the canon sx50 camera lens along with the vivitar series one filter. I see that the uv filter screws onto the adapter ring but can't get the whole thing onto the camera lens. Can someone guide me because I don't think I'm smarter than a 5th grader.
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Hi, unfortunately Canon has created a new mirrorless lens mount standard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EF-M_lens_mount). They produce an adapter for the EF mount standard which works best with EF-S lenses (x1) and ok with EF lenses (x1.6 due to the sensor size). If by "F mount" you FD mount then you could try buying an EF-M to EF/EF-S mount and buy and FD to EF lens adaptor (search for "fd to ef lens adaptor" on amazon) then use them together. I have not tried this and would interested in the results.Cheers,JP
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The adapter provides no electrical connection between the camera and the lens - the camera really thinks there's no lens attached! I have a Sony NEX-6, and I solved the problem (with help from another customer) by going to the camera's menu, selecting "Setup", then scrolling until I found "Release w/o Lens". Click on that option to enable it, and the camera will shoot. Of course, with the adapter there's no autofocus or aperture control - you have to do those on your own. But it works fine!
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Hi Soozi,The adapter ring, itself, only seemed to go on with a partial twist. 1/4 to 1/2 revolution. The lens (UV) probably has about one and 7/8 revolutions. Just an estimate from my inexperienced eye. Mine seems quite solid. I have one issue though. I put the UV lens on first and the CPL over it. Now I'm having issues getting the CPL off. Any ideas out there?
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You still need a reversing ring. This adapter attaches to the rear lens element to give you aperture control while the lens is in the reversed position. You will still need a reversing ring on the front lens element.
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The apertue setting is set to f22 on the lens and then you can change the aperture via the camera. That is normal for all D lenses.
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You need to buy the Nikon F to Nex adapter. I find it convenient to have one adapter per lens as the Fotodiox brand is economical.
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John,The first one I bought from here did not have that feature. I exchanged it with Photodiox directly and the adapter did adjust aperture. It is unclear to me how to get the "right" adaptor on the first try....Cheers.
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Hi there it works for me , im using Olympus omd5. play with it a bit ,move ring sideways and backward .
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I have the type 2 adapter, which has a ring of metal at the bottom of the threads to push in the aperture pin. If you have a pin, you'll need the type 2; otherwise, your lens will be stuck wide open (maximum aperture, lowest f/number).
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I'm having the same problem using this lens on my D80 camera. What you are saying is that there is no way for me to use the ring to adjust the aperture? It only works when locked on 22?? This doesn't seem right.
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Hello - I bought this adapter thinking it would fit those lenses - and it didn't. I have both the 50mm f/1.8 and the 28 mm f/2.8 - both didn't fit b/c there's a metal stub at the bottom that does not allow it to mount on the adapter. The only lens I had that fit was the 75-150mm lens.I wouldn't buy it.
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I think I'm missing a ring too, it has a ring, but the ring says "S7/58mm" on it. It attached just fine to an 18-55 lens because it's a 58. It does NOT attached to a 50mm lens because it's a 52. Someone else is saying the ring should say 46-58 but it only says 58.
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Nate... I've used it with my Nikon 14mm, an 18 &gt; 35, the 24 &gt; 70, and a 70 &gt; 300. As well as with various old Prime lenses that I have repurchased: such as an 18mm, 24mm, a 28mm, a55 Micro, a 105 Micro, and a 180mm. It is the only adapter that seems to work for me with both an NEX7, a Fuji XE1 and a Video NSX 700. I have not been disappointed. HOWEVER - one caveat as I discovered fro myself - having purchased the $260 Novoflex (which DIDN'T work sharply at all on any of these lens/camera combinations)... And that is that it MIGHT appear that some converters work better than others with certain Lens &lt;&gt; Camera brand combinations. Conclusion: buy from somewhere that you can return it if - after careful testing - you find it isn't sharp enough for your needs. Good luck.
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I haven't owned this lens for very long but I've had very good results with it so far. I mainly shoot with automatic settings and the camera adjusts the aperture for each picture of course. It is not always on f/2.8. It varies, depending on the light conditions, etc. if you shoot manually you can keep it on f/2.8 if you want. That is simply the largest aperture setting you can use on this lens. You CAN change it to a smaller aperture if you want.
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My older Canon (about 1970's vintage) had FD lenses but needed an adapter in order to fit the Tamron Lens. The TAMRON adapter is named Adaptall 2 for Canon FD.Unfortunately it will not interface with the Fotodiox adapter designed for Sony "E" lenses and Canon FD. I just tried it!