I wound up getting an adapter for each lens since I got tired of looking for it in the cabinet of lenses when I wanted one quickly. I have a Comlite (not recommended, but it's all I could get in the early days), a Canon with control ring (I don't use the control ring) and several of the one listed below which works great despite the questionable name. At 1/3 the price of the Canon, I can afford to have one for every lens.
I bought the genuine Canon EF-to-RF adapter and compared it to a friends Meinke EF-to-RF adapter and I could not see or feel any tangible difference between the two.
I know that mine is better because it's full of genuine Canon air
bogeypro wrote:
I bought the genuine Canon EF-to-RF adapter and compared it to a friends Meinke EF-to-RF adapter and I could not see or feel any tangible difference between the two.
I know that mine is better because it's full of genuine Canon air
Does the Meinke have the ridges inside and the weather sealing gasket?
I have one third party and one Canon adaptor. The third party one has become looser over time but the Canon one is still like new with no looseness. Both work equally well as far as operation goes.
If price is not a consideration, always buy the Canon (just my $.02). Refurbished adapters are often available from Canon online, sometimes at sale prices.
Most full frame Canon R-system cameras have three dials. However, the R8 only has two. So, for this body in particular, I like to use the Canon adapter with the control ring.
The control ring adapter is a bit heavier and slightly less sleek (if you are into aesthetics), but I find having the functionality to be useful with the R8.
If you are a videographer or a landscape or architecture photographer, you may also want to look at the Canon drop-in filter adapter. It's an elegant way to use ND filters with EF lenses.
An upvote for the Control Ring adapter. I got it with my RP and found it was nice to have another control to assign (for me it's ISO but I think most use it for exposure compensation).
I haven't managed to find another locally for cheap on the used market, so I got a K&F one, It's functionally no different, but I do miss the Control Ring since I own no RF lenses.
Most people will say the Canon one, but my buddy has the Meike with the drop-in filter that seemed to be reliable when we went shooting together. YMMV, of course.
Mike_5D wrote:
Does the Meinke have the ridges inside and the weather sealing gasket?
Sorry, it's been to many years & my friend has migrated to a different platform
You keep an RF-EF adapter on each EF lens or at least a few of them.
The hassle is when you have to swap EF TCs on/off. Just make sure to have the camera set to close the shutter when the power is off.
John Power wrote:
I do not know what you mean by that. If I get an RF lens don't I just detach the adapter and connect the lens directly to the camera?
When I got my R6, all of my lenses were EF. Easy. Stick the adapter on the body and forget about it. Then I got an RF lens. So if I'm carrying one EF and one RF lens, the adapter stays with the EF lens. The problem arises when you have a mix of lenses. You start with an adapted EF lens. Then you swap to an RF lens and the adapter stays with the EF lens. Then you swap to a different EF lens have to move the adapter. It's just more fumbling in the bad.
I keep my lenses in a file cabinet at home. So many times, I'd run to the cabinet to quickly grab my camera for something and have to look for the adapter. I'd want to take the RF50 off and throw on the EF 100-400 but the adapter was on the EF100 macro in the other drawer. I've found that having multiple adapters just makes things easier. It gets real expensive at Canon prices though.
I've mostly converted to RF now but still use some EF's; I really like the drop in filter version as it adds a lot of flexibility if you use filters. Otherwise, just grab the basic one - I do have one with a custom dial but it's not as useful as I would have expected.
I understand the one converter for each lens concept but I don't find it that hard to just release the lens end and keep the camera end connected all the time you adjust to the new button location.
