They also have an adaptor skeleton key of sorts. It's not the most elegant solution wrt register distance (or anything), but it will allow almost any lens to be attached, and most to reach infinity focus. It does have an advantage in not requiring any modification of the lens, though attaching it tightly enough to be completely secure might eventually mar the bayonet.
zoom2zoom wrote:
thanks for the infor.. i found the site also, but was wondering if anyone have actually perform this conversion using this russian adaptor.
i emailed them already, but have not heard back.
just want to make sure it works before i 'operate' on my 50L..
I haven't used it, but my general impression is that these guys sell stuff that works, but that they also expect the buyer to be fairly capable. The adaptor's pretty cheap, so the bigger question is how confident you are about disassembling a lens mount.
A no sweat adaptor may have to wait for µFT bodies to show up.
It would be fun given the prices of FD lenses and those new tiny m4/3 bodies that we expect to see (though Oly won't have a working prototype till PMA, Boo ).
Has anybody tried this adapter on FD lenses. I have a few old ones worth testing. I have no idea how to order, how much it costs, or where to contact the manufacturer. Everything is in Russian and I only read English.
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