Help With Lens Adaptor

[zdazzle]

Hey guys, question about Lens Adaptors (Nikon lens to use on Canon XTi). Here's the link: Amazon.com: Fotodiox Lens Mount Adapter, Nikon Lens to Canon EOS Camera Adapter, for Canon EOS 1d,1ds,Mark II, III, IV, 5D, Mark II, 7D, 10D, 20D, 30D, 40D, 50D, 60D, Digital Rebel xt, xti, xs, xsi, t1i, t2i, 300D, 350D, 400D, 450D, 500D, 550D, 1000D

Anyways, I was wondering, would this lens adaptor work with a Nikon 20-35mm f/2.8 lens.

I'd use it on a Canon XTi. Reason I am asking is because I was just given this lens by my dad (retired professional photographer himself) and was seeing if it was worthwhile spending the $14 to order an adaptor or if it would even work at all.

Anyone have any experience with this?

Thanks!

[UlpilotSC]

I have a fotodiox canon fd to eos adapter. It works decently. The tolerance is a little tight, so i had to slightly modify my 50mm lens for it to work right with the adapter, but it works. Not sure about the canon to nikon mount, never used it. But it's a cheap experiment.

[inkista]

Yeah, no worries, it'll work just fine. What you're looking for is the "D" on the lens instead of a "G". The D means the lens still has an aperture ring on it, which is what you're going to need to control the aperture.

I've used the Fotodiox Nikon F -> Canon EOS adapter. It's not chipped, so your EXIF will be missing the aperture you used, max. aperture, and focal length information.

Because the lens and camera body don't talk to each other, how you use the lens is going to be quite different from how you'd use an EOS mount lens.

1). You have no autofocus.

2). You have no way to control the aperture, other than the aperture ring.

3). You have to use stop-down metering (because the camera body can't stop down just before you take the picture). Your metering will be accurate, but the more you stop down, the dimmer your viewfinder will get. Practical upshot: focus first, then adjust exposure settings.

4). You will have to shoot in M or Av mode. The camera cannot control the aperture, so any mode where the camera would automatically adjust the aperture setting (Tv, P, full-Auto, scene modes) won't work properly.

5). EXIF will have missing information.

Other than that, you're good to go. If you've shot with manual lenses on a film SLR, this is pretty similar.

The only possible problem you might have is with focusing the lens, simply because the dRebel viewfinder is rather small/cramped/dark. You may want to consider stopping down every now and then to increase your DoF and make "near misses" still acceptably sharp.

[zdazzle]

Thanks for the tips! I was actually shooting with it today on my Nikon 8008, and I really like the lens. I think I'll definitely be picking one of these up, especially for only $15, not too much of a risk, especially if it works! Thanks again