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No. The old Canon FD and the current EF are completely different lens mounts.
You could *make* your FD lens fit with an adapter, but these are more trouble than they're worth.
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Hi John.
Yeah, I could have been more specific. Here goes:
None of (Canon's) digital SLRs have a split prism viewfinder to assist manual focusing; metering becomes a wee bit problematic; you lose infinity focus; any glass elements in the adapter will degrade your image quality; and for the privilege of using your old lens in this contorted manner you'll have to shell out roughly $50.
So there's that... or you could get a brand new Canon 50mm f/1.8 EF auto-focus lens for $90 retail or $70 used.
I'm happy for your own success with adapters but they are *not* for everyone.
http://photonotes.org/articles/eos-manual-lenses
No. The old Canon FD and the current EF are completely different lens mounts.
You could *make* your FD lens fit with an adapter, but these are more trouble than they're worth.
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Hi John.
Yeah, I could have been more specific. Here goes:
None of (Canon's) digital SLRs have a split prism viewfinder to assist manual focusing; metering becomes a wee bit problematic; you lose infinity focus; any glass elements in the adapter will degrade your image quality; and for the privilege of using your old lens in this contorted manner you'll have to shell out roughly $50.
So there's that... or you could get a brand new Canon 50mm f/1.8 EF auto-focus lens for $90 retail or $70 used.
I'm happy for your own success with adapters but they are *not* for everyone.
http://photonotes.org/articles/eos-manual-lenses
Canon AE-1 35mm SLR Manual Focus Camera (Chrome) with 50mm f/1.8 FD Lens... a good camera?
softballpl
I'm in love with this camera, but I need to know a little bit more about it.
-how to get pictures developed
-is it a good camera overall
-any other information I should know
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Canon is a very good company, they make a good product. 35mm cameras are relatively small (for film cameras) and easy to use, and SLRs are especially nice. A 50mm F/1.8 lens is just your normal lens. It would be nice to have a zoom lens. You probably could find one not too expensive since film cameras are on the way out.
The AE-1 was made from 1976 to 1984, and it was extremely popular, selling over 5 million cameras. It was the first 35mm camera with a microprocessor in it! It has modes for full auto exposure, or shutter or aperture priority, so you have the widest range of possibilities for 'creative control'.
If you're not into photography already, you will need to learn how shutter speeds and apertures interact, how to use them. You can learn this better on a 35mm camera than a digital camera. This allows you to control focus (depth of field) and also motion blur, which is a good thing for a photographer to master.
If the camera hasn't been abused, if everything works okay, then it's a good camera, and will last a long time. Open the back and hold it up to the light and snap the shutter several times at various speeds. You'll see the shutter open and close, and you can get an idea of how consistently it works. If the shutter seems to be hanging up, or it makes funny noises, that's not good.
You can get pictures developed anywhere, supermarkets, drugstores, etc. If you want to really get into it, you can develop them yourself. I used to do that. There are also 'custom labs' that professionals use that develop and print much better, but cost a lot more. Or you can get a 'film scanner', a gizmo you run your negatives through and it turns them into very high quality digital pictures that can then be edited with Photoshop or some similar software.
Canon is a very good company, they make a good product. 35mm cameras are relatively small (for film cameras) and easy to use, and SLRs are especially nice. A 50mm F/1.8 lens is just your normal lens. It would be nice to have a zoom lens. You probably could find one not too expensive since film cameras are on the way out.
The AE-1 was made from 1976 to 1984, and it was extremely popular, selling over 5 million cameras. It was the first 35mm camera with a microprocessor in it! It has modes for full auto exposure, or shutter or aperture priority, so you have the widest range of possibilities for 'creative control'.
If you're not into photography already, you will need to learn how shutter speeds and apertures interact, how to use them. You can learn this better on a 35mm camera than a digital camera. This allows you to control focus (depth of field) and also motion blur, which is a good thing for a photographer to master.
If the camera hasn't been abused, if everything works okay, then it's a good camera, and will last a long time. Open the back and hold it up to the light and snap the shutter several times at various speeds. You'll see the shutter open and close, and you can get an idea of how consistently it works. If the shutter seems to be hanging up, or it makes funny noises, that's not good.
You can get pictures developed anywhere, supermarkets, drugstores, etc. If you want to really get into it, you can develop them yourself. I used to do that. There are also 'custom labs' that professionals use that develop and print much better, but cost a lot more. Or you can get a 'film scanner', a gizmo you run your negatives through and it turns them into very high quality digital pictures that can then be edited with Photoshop or some similar software.
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