Simple question: how flexible is the Canon EF FF and APS-C DSLR system in accepting adapter and legacy lenses, e.g. Canon FD, Minolta MD, Contax CY, Pentax PK, Olympus OM lenses?
Long version: There have been a revival in the past few years with the M43 first stirring up the adapter-legacy lens craze that has gone viral. I have attempted to do just that first with Panasonic and Olympus, then (now) I am using Fujifilm X system.
But I hate focusing manual lenses on EVF or LCD. I love having a good OVF, hopefully with split-image screen, to focus my manual lenses. With Nikon MF lenses that is exactly what I am doing. But Nikon has a flange distance that is not friendly to lenses of other brands...
To put things in perspective, I am attempting to do all kinds of strange things, e.g. enlarger lenses, 645 lenses from folding camera, large format lens, and the less strange - Canon FD, Minolta MD, Contax CY, Pentax PK, Olympus OM lenses; and adapting them to modern DSLR for fun. For the first part - the enlarger lenses, etc, I have some success getting on to my Nikon, with all kinds of adapters, e.g. M39-M42, M42 focusing helicoid, M42-Nikon F. I have even attempting replacing the OM mount, but the lens won't focus to infinity in one instance, and another lens there are other complication like screw length is wrong...
Long version: There have been a revival in the past few years with the M43 first stirring up the adapter-legacy lens craze that has gone viral. I have attempted to do just that first with Panasonic and Olympus, then (now) I am using Fujifilm X system.
But I hate focusing manual lenses on EVF or LCD. I love having a good OVF, hopefully with split-image screen, to focus my manual lenses. With Nikon MF lenses that is exactly what I am doing. But Nikon has a flange distance that is not friendly to lenses of other brands...
To put things in perspective, I am attempting to do all kinds of strange things, e.g. enlarger lenses, 645 lenses from folding camera, large format lens, and the less strange - Canon FD, Minolta MD, Contax CY, Pentax PK, Olympus OM lenses; and adapting them to modern DSLR for fun. For the first part - the enlarger lenses, etc, I have some success getting on to my Nikon, with all kinds of adapters, e.g. M39-M42, M42 focusing helicoid, M42-Nikon F. I have even attempting replacing the OM mount, but the lens won't focus to infinity in one instance, and another lens there are other complication like screw length is wrong...