Canon FD lenses on Fuji XT-i

[troutfisher]

Lookng around it seems I can use an old Canon FD lens with manual aperture on an XT-1 with an adapter.
I am looking at a 300mm FD , I appreciate it will be MF but I assume the metering will work.
Anyone got any experience of this or similar

 

[Nod]

Have a look in the Fuji X-T1 etc. thread - IIRC the forum search tool can be forced to look in just the current thread. I know several people are using legacy lenses on X series bodies.

 

[mickledore]

Morning @Nod.

I've not used Canon but have used old Nikon and Vivitar lenses on my X-T1/2 gear.

Metering was no problem. You need lenses with both manual focus ring and an aperture ring. Adapters are easily sourced on a certain auction website. I only ever bought the cheapest adapters and they worked well though there are expensive variants which have their devotees. This might or might not be badge snobbery!

 

[woof woof]

Morning @Nod.

I've not used Canon but have used old Nikon and Vivitar lenses on my X-T1/2 gear.

Metering was no problem. You need lenses with both manual focus ring and an aperture ring. Adapters are easily sourced on a certain auction website. I only ever bought the cheapest adapters and they worked well though there are expensive variants which have their devotees. This might or might not be badge snobbery!

I think to a degree it is.

I have several Novoflex adapters which are in the region of £90-100 each and I also have a number of cheap sub £10 adapters bought off evil bay. The cheap ones mostly work fine although thinking back I did have one a few years ago which was too tight on one of my lenses.

 

[Cagey75]

I use £10 adapters for my XT-1, mostly M42 lenses as there's a great range of old lenses fro that mount out there for very cheap. I have used Nikon lenses too though, I have a K&F concept adapter, Nikon to Fuji x, that allows aperture change on lenses without an aperture ring [not exacty precise, you have to kind of guess the aperture, but you can open/close it]. It wasn't much more expensive than the plain ones, they have them for Canon also: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adapter-Co...id=1500486882&sr=8-6&keywords=Canon+to+fuji+x

Using these adapters you get the same image quality, you'll get the ISO/shutter speed exif data, but your aperture will always display as 'f/1.0' - and you have to set the focal length in the camera non cpu menu - also make sure the camera is set to 'shoot without lens'. You'll find these settings on the 3rd red menu on the XT-1