What does this mean?Highlights
Quality
The quality of this mount was apparent before i ever attached the lens the heft of it the feel that tells you this is an excep... Read More
I still gave this 5 stars because if you dont use the life size adapter then you get 0 vignetting and the build quality is pret... Read More
Quality is astounding and there is virtually no play
I had been heavy into film photography for many years and was reluctant to switch due to how i enjoyed the quality of the old glass
Price
At this price i may just buy an adapter for each vintage m42 lens i get and leave them attached
Packaging/appearance
However it is impossible to fit an fl lens on the fotodiox
Competitiveness
Got this to adapt a manual 80200 mm minolta lens to my canon 5d mark 2 and rebel t6i
This adapter does a wonderful job on my speedboosted blackmagic pocket cinema camera 4k
Bought it so that i could use my rokinon fd mount 80200mm zoom lens no
Bought this to adapt an old 80200mm olympus lens to fit on a canon t6i
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
old, fit, quality, great and manual. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 649 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 23 2021.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Maybe even just remove the glass to make it cheaper
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This is a tricky item to rate as it isnt expected to do much
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The nature of mounting an m42 lens to a modern camera has its issues but thats not reflected on this item itself
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Youll sacrifice any automation so be prepared to adjust your aperture and focus manually but i cant imagine either being done by any adapter for any amount of money
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Warning for some people when i originally got the lens it worked on my 5d but not my r
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I thought it was a problem adapting but i needed to go into my settings to allow the camera to shoot without a lens engaged
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
As film was becoming a thing of the past i always wanted to adapt it to my canon but at the time couldn’t find an adapter
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Be aware that the automatic function p av tv adep ca and any other assisted mode will not work as the adapter gives no aperture control on any lens
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