As I've said before, Pentax will have to make their AF a whole hell of a
lot better before I'll concede it's worth buying all new lenses.
Christian wrote:
>William Robb wrote:
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Christian"
>>Subject: Re: The JCO survey
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>>>>Canon knew this 20 years ago, that is why FD lenses can't be adapted
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>>>>EOS cameras.
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>>>but they can. I have an adapter (true it has an optical element in it
>>>but is still allows infinity focus).
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>>Who makes the adaptor, and what is the quality like?
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>Canon. It's usable but I only have 1 lens to use with it and it is not
>a go-to focal length for me (i.e. not over 300mm).
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>The point is there are a lot of NOs and NEVERs and CAN'Ts, when the
>truth is that it CAN be done. It was a concession to the screwed FD
>users when the EF mount came out. Trust me, I'm with you on the Canon
>FD thing. Those users were left with nothing. They HAD to buy all new
>lenses if they wanted to go AF. Pentax and Nikon users could adapt slowly.
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