Hi! New to talkphotography - great site - and new to DSLR. I've just bought a Canon 400D and have been given a 20 odd year old tamron adaptall 2 80-210mm lens. I'd like to try to use the lens but my local camera shop said it would not be a good idea. Looking on ebay I see there are some mounts available, mostly from Hong Kong, or others custom made. Has anyone any advice on this topic?
tamron adaptall 2 lens to canon eos camera?
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i imagine you would have to do everything manually .. focus, aperture etc..but i dont see why it would be a problem if you can get a suitable mount adaptor.. just use Av mode if you're not fully comfortable going totally manual and adjust the aperture till you get the camera offering a sensible shutter speed i.e. something faster than 1/250 for a handheld shot
Thanks Andy, yes, I believe that would be the case, having to have to do everything manually. Although it should be a good learning experience. Does anyone use any of these older lenses with their DSLRs and are they satisfied with the mount adaptor that connects the lens to the camera?
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does it have an adaptall mount fitted if so you need to see what fit it is for then get the eos adaptor to fit if not you will have to get an adaptall mount plenty on ebay one way to do it is adaptall mount to m42 then you want a eos to m42 mount
there are a few adaptall to eos mounts about but they fetch silly money
iirc the camera will work in p mode and av mode
there are a few adaptall to eos mounts about but they fetch silly money
iirc the camera will work in p mode and av mode
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Like Mav mentions, I use an adaptall to M42 and then M42 to EOS adapter. There's absolutely no problem with either this way or using a straight adaptall to EOS adapter as there's no electronics in the lenses and you don't lose infinity focus like you do with some mounts. The Canon will also meter perfectly in AV mode.
Is the 80-210 an SP lens? If so then it's definitely worth getting an adapter, the quality will be excellent. You will just have to get used to setting aperture and focus manually but it's not that hard if you're not in too much of a hurry.
fwiw I use an adaptall 90mm f/2.5 for all my flower/macro shots and the quality is outstanding, with the bonus that including the adapters it cost around £50
Is the 80-210 an SP lens? If so then it's definitely worth getting an adapter, the quality will be excellent. You will just have to get used to setting aperture and focus manually but it's not that hard if you're not in too much of a hurry.
fwiw I use an adaptall 90mm f/2.5 for all my flower/macro shots and the quality is outstanding, with the bonus that including the adapters it cost around £50
Thanks guys. The adaptall mount is for Practica (bayonet fit). I have actually ordered an M42 mount for another lens (Pentacon 2.8/135mm) so your suggestions opens up more posibilities. Nice to know I can fit 2 mounts together. Unfortunately I don't see the magic 'SP' letters anywhere on the lens, but, I've been looking at SP lenses on 'the bay'. 2 sold today. Both were the 28-80mm lens. One had fungus inside and went for about £6. The other went for £18. Question is...how significant is 'fungus' and how much does it effect a lens's ability to produce a clear image?
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I have a Tamron 500m with an Olympus (OM) adaptall mount.
I purchased an adaptor via Ebay for Olympus (OM) to EOS, this seems to work fine, although it took some removing from the lens when I had finished. All I have to do is focus because the 500mm is fixed at f8. The mount will also be useful for my other Olympus lenses as well, although I'll need to remember to stop down with those.
If you get the correct model, it has electrical contacts on it which 'tell' the EOS you are in manual focus mode and you will get the 'focus confirmation light' in the viewfinder when focus is achieved.
Also, confirm you can focus on infinity with the adaptor fitted.
I purchased an adaptor via Ebay for Olympus (OM) to EOS, this seems to work fine, although it took some removing from the lens when I had finished. All I have to do is focus because the 500mm is fixed at f8. The mount will also be useful for my other Olympus lenses as well, although I'll need to remember to stop down with those.
If you get the correct model, it has electrical contacts on it which 'tell' the EOS you are in manual focus mode and you will get the 'focus confirmation light' in the viewfinder when focus is achieved.
Also, confirm you can focus on infinity with the adaptor fitted.
I've got a couple of manual lens's I use with my 10D. One is similar to yours, an adaptall SP 70-210 with a 2x converter for longer reach. The lens quality is superb giving far sherper images than my 75-300 EF lens. Setting the aperture and ficussing manually takes a bit of getting used to but for certain types of shot is perfect.
I would be wary of focus confirm adapters. I initially used one but for some unknown reason it fried the focus circuits in my camera..... £160.00 repair
. In fairness, I came to an understanding with the seller and gained a refund plus £100.00 toward the repair cost.
Some of the older lens's available like the Tamrons and many M42 fit offer fantastic quality.
I've also recently aquired a 16mm Zenitar fisheye which is not overly "fishy" but offers a super wide field which otherwise would be very expensive to achieve.
Good luck with the Tammy
Russ
I would be wary of focus confirm adapters. I initially used one but for some unknown reason it fried the focus circuits in my camera..... £160.00 repair
. In fairness, I came to an understanding with the seller and gained a refund plus £100.00 toward the repair cost.Some of the older lens's available like the Tamrons and many M42 fit offer fantastic quality.
I've also recently aquired a 16mm Zenitar fisheye which is not overly "fishy" but offers a super wide field which otherwise would be very expensive to achieve.
Good luck with the Tammy
Russ