I think there must be another mechanical problem beyond the register
distance with FD lenses. There are millions of high quality FD lenses
out there that can be had for a song. It would seem to be one of the
primary candidates for an adapter.
Chuck Norcutt
Sandy Harris wrote:
>Checking a reference page for register distances:
>http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/~westin/misc/mounts-by-register.html
>
>I find:
>Canon FD 42 mm
>Canon EOS 44 mm
>
> So you cannot adapt an FD lens to EOS without an element in
> the adapter, and that both adds cost and degrades the image.
>
> But 4/3 System register distance is only 38.58 mm so it
> should be possible to adapt FD lenses to those. Checking
> the best adapter sources I know, though:
> http://www.cameraquest.com/adapt_olyE1.htm
> http://www.rugift.com/photocameras/adapters.htm
> I do not find such an adapter.
>
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