>
> Many of the film lenses of interest I see lately have the Canon FD
> mount, and I was of the impression that adapters simply were not
available,
> so I have passed up on some inexpensive eBay offerings. However, I now
find
> that there are quite a few adapters available and they are described as
> being compatible with the E-500, etc. such as eBay #280637722180.
>
> Question I have is if anyone here has had first-hand experience with
> using a Canon FD mount lens on an Olympus DSLR. If it's fully workable,
> meaning you can focus to infinity, then I may have some interesting
> opportunities at hand.
>
Never mind. I just saw i the fine print that it will NOT focus to
infinity, just as I had heard before. You pretty much need an adapter with
a negative length, which a bit hard to find in this corner of the universe.
Chris
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