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EOS 100D / 1200D / 1300D with vintage manual focus lenses via EOS adapter

Started Mar 27, 2017 | Discussions thread
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Re: EOS 100D / 1200D / 1300D with vintage manual focus lenses via EOS adapter
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2ndact scene1 wrote:

Interesting question. I would be interested in doing the same thing. There is a thread in the 7D forum on DP Review in November 2011 on this subject. It discusses changing the focusing screen on the camera to get proper metering.

That is nonsense then. You either misunderstood, or there is nonsense info in that thread.

Any Canon DSLR will meter properly with adapted lenses. If you change the focus screen for a different one with a split prism, from the film DSLR era, the metering will not be accurate anymore since the focus screen, which sits in front of the metering system, has changed its brightness.

No mention of intrusion of the back of the lens too far into the mirror box.

That only is an issue with some lenses/lens mounts (like Canon FD) on FF bodies, and most problematic with the old cameras (5D, probably 1DS and DS mk II)

I am sorry, I am on my phone and cannot link directly to it. It came up when I did a Google search on adapting Zeiss lenses.

The adaptors are apparantly not expensive.

Hope this helps.

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