Canon Fd Lenses, How To Get The Apeture To Work Using A DSLR

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aladinslamp Pillar of the Community United States 3076 Posts	Posted 07/10/2014 12:31 am Just got another lens I don't really need but it was a bargain I think..its a Canon Macro FD 100mm 1:4 lens.. for around $70 bucks with the FD 50 1:1 adapter some dust but I think it will be ok...now the thing is, and I had the same trouble with my "Old Love lens" the Vivitar series 1 90mm 1:2.5..I know I've had the apeture work with the lens mounted with the bellows and the dslr camera, but it was a might tricky... I've had it work some time ago, but its been some time ago...When I go to stop down the aperture blades don't move...so its always too much light...any ideas or routine proceedures? thanks Gene Report this Post to the Staff

rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4038 Posts	Posted 07/10/2014 01:28 am Many FD lenses and some auto adapters have a movable ring that says something like <--A M-->. Rotate it to the Manual direction and you will have full manual aperture control. Hopefully this is the correct solution...Ray Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
aladinslamp Pillar of the Community United States 3076 Posts	Posted 07/10/2014 02:26 am Thanks Ray for the reply, I did figure it out,,,,but my my adapter doesn't have that option. in fact I think I need a better not the cheap one I currently have and its a loose fitting thing.. If you know of a stable one I would appreciate it...I did get the Vivitar to work correctly once again, but the new canon 100mm macro manual ring doesn't seem to work.. but no regrets as I have taken some shots that I will post soon and think the apeture does not manually/ if at all does work. however live shoot does compensate for such a thing..... I'll post them with this next article...Thanks again Ray. Report this Post to the Staff
austrokiwi Pillar of the Community 2087 Posts	Posted 08/12/2014 04:55 am Sorry just saw this. I had the same problem when I obtained my fd 200 f4 macro. I now use a novoflex adapter which does the job brilliantly ( once I realised I should read the instructions that came with the adapter) Before I got that adapter this helped me heaps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juGX1XyZ6WI Edited by austrokiwi 08/12/2014 04:59 am Report this Post to the Staff
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