Fotasy FD Mount Lens to M4/3 Adapter, FD MFT Converter, Compatible with Panasonic G7 G9 GF8 GH5 GX7 GX8 GX9 GX85 GX80 GX850 G90 G91 G95 G100 Olympus E-M1 E-M5 E-M10 I II III E-PM2 E-PM1 Pen-F E-M1X

Works perfectly to adapt old Canon FD lenses to your Olympus mirrorless camera. It has the lever that engages the iris control so that you can have full manual control of the lenses iris to adjust your desired f stop. Solidly built with no slop in the fit.

FINALLY --- a Canon FD to M43 adapter that works with zoom lenses! I have four Panasonic M43 cameras and eleven vintage Canon FD lenses I use with them. Focal lengths range from 50mm to 300m, including three zooms: a 28-85mm f/4 FD, a 35-105mm f/3.5 FD, and a 70-210mm f/3.5 Vivitar Series One. The Fotodiox and Metabones adapters have worked well with the prime lenses, but have not worked with the zoom lenses because of flange depth/back focus issues. The problem is most of the adapters made have slightly less overall length than the designed flange depth because some third party lenses will not quite focus to infinity when using an adapter that is on-spec, so they make the adapters a fraction of a millimeter shorter than they should be to insure compatibility. When using prime lenses, this is generally not an issue, but it wreaks havoc when mounting zoom lenses because they are VERY sensitive to flange depth and if the depth is even SLIGHTLY off, you will lose focus when you zoom in and out. I called Metabones about this and they confirmed what I had suspected regarding deliberately off-spec adapters. I decided to see if the Fotasy adapters are any different and they are. These adapters have the specified flange depth and my zoom lenses now stay in focus throughout their zoom range. I checked all three lenses with the Fotasy adapters and a Fuji star chart which is designed to detect back focus issues and they are dead on. I'm switching all of my FD lenses to these Fotasy adapters as I am DELIGHTED with them. If you're encountering similar issues with your legacy zoom lenses on any mirrorless cameras, give these adapters a try. HIGHLY recommended.

I now have 28mm, 50mm, and 80 - 200mm Canon FD lenses to use with my Olympus EPL-5 camera. This adapter fits well and works as advertised. Manual focus and aperture work fine. Exposure and shutter speed can be set to automatic so the camera takes care of it, or manual for a complete old-school do-it-yourself experience. I have bought 3 of these adapters - one for each lense (it's much easier to just leave the adapter attached to the lense than to have to undo & reattach it each time you want to change lenses). Those old Canon lenses were superb mechanically and optically. I love the feel and quality of them, so why let them sit in a bag in a closet? Photos taken with them have a beautiful soft quality to them, esp. with the 50mm 1.8 which makes an excellent portrait lense on my micro 4/3 Olympus camera.

I really can't say enough good things about these little adapters. I have a lot of Canon FD lenses left over from my film days. Now I use Olympus M4/3 cameras and I hate for my FD lenses to just sit in the closet. These Fotasy adapters are perfect to allow them to work on my new camera bodies. It really seems that Fotasy went the extra mile to make these adapters fit perfectly with the "new" version of the FD lenses. The knurling on the aperture open/lock ring on the adapter is an exact match to the Canon lens. Once mounted, it looks 100% like it is part of the lens. They do their job. They bayonet perfectly to both the lens and the body. The aperture control ring works very smoothly with a definite click between settings. They are very inexpensive, enough so that I have just purchased one for each of my lenses rather than change the adapter from one to the other. If you want to use Canon FD lenses (or probably even the very old FL) on your M4/3 camera, I can highly recommend these adapters.

Wow! Just Wow! My brother gave me a 300 mm. Canon lens that he picked up at a garage sale for my birthday. Of course it wasn't going to fit my Lumix 4/3 camera mount without an adapter, which this is. For a very modest price, I now have the equivalent of a 600 mm. lens. The fit is excellent, and, while focus is now manual, the camera's electronics do seem to handle the exposure just fine. The photos show a few deets: First, there's a tab on the lens that has to fit behind the rod in the adapter when you put it together. The next two photos show the combination of the lens and camera. Finally, I took a couple of photos from my patio. The first is with the Canon lens and adapter, the second is with a "normal" lens. Look close, there's ducks in both! OK, so if you have a lens (or lenses) that you want to use with your 4/3 digital camera, this adapter will let you do just that. And if you have multiple lenses, get two and just one on the lens you'll be using most often!

I was debating between a focal reducer which is about 10x the cost. I opt for this because its within my budget, which allowed me to pick this up plus a vintage FD 50mm. Check out the photo. This thing is sweet! Plug and play and straight to the point. I'm so satisfied with this. The focal reducer can cause funny flares and lighting issue because of the light bouncing off several glass. Something to consider as well. Set adapter to "open". Twist on FD lens on lowest aperture until in clicks. Once on, rotate adapter to lock. This will activate aperture control. Hope this helps clear things up if you think your aperture is stuck. So happy with this!

After a bit of fiddling, I was able to fit the adapter to the lens ok. Included instructions on a tiny slip of paper were generic and not helpful. Construction seems ok, for what it has to do. Ring on adapter that opens and closes iris is a bit stiff; I hope it will limber up with use. Markings on iris control ring are ambiguous; I made my own label (see submitted photo). To mount adapter onto lens, first rotate iris control ring on adapter as far as it will go to the right. On lens, rotate mounting collar as far to the right as it will go. Match red dots on lens collar and adapter. Rotate mounting collar to the left to lock the lens to the adapter. Rotate iris control ring on adapter to check its operation (iris should stop down when ring is rotated to the left). Mount adapter/lens onto micro 4/3 camera in the usual way. Find setting in camera menu to "shoot without lens" (in section showing 'camera & wrench' icon). You will want to restore this setting when you remove the lens. You will be pleased to find that the Aperture Priority auto exposure control on the camera works just fine with the manually adjusted aperture on the lens. Note (May 6): Too much silicon grease! I disassembled (three screws) and removed more than half the gooey stuff using a q-tip. Iris control ring works great, now. Note to manufacturer: Silicone grease is like Brylcreem - a little dab'll do ya. Note to disassemblers: The ring has a detent consisting of a little spring and and a tiny ball bearing. Watch for these small parts.

I'm using the adapter with my Panasonic Lumix G10 and Canon FD 50mm f/1.8. I HIGHLY suggest this combo if you own a micro 4/3 camera! It fits snug, feels sturdy, and looks good. The price is right & now I want to run to every thrift store in the area to see what other FD lenses I can find! At first, I had an issue figuring out how to control the aperture on the lens, so I have copied the instructions that I used (originally an Amazon review, copied to mu-43 forum). Hope this helps! If you do this, the lock-open ring on the ADAPTER will control aperture, so just leave the lens itself alone. If you leave the lens on f/22 permanently, you can adjust to whatever you want with the lock-close (on adapter). -------------------------------- 1. Install adapter ring onto camera: align the red dot on the adapter and red dot on the camera, twist to close. 2. Install lens on adapter: 2a. Stop the lens down to its smallest aperture. 2b. On the adapter, there is a ring that controls the position of a pin that allows for aperture control. Facing the front of the camera, turn the ring to its most counterclockwise position. 2c. Seat the lens on the adapter (align the red dots). Now turn the adapter ring to its most clockwise position. This aligns the pin with the lens pin. 2d. Twist the lens clockwise until it clicks shut. Now you should be able to rotate the aperture ring and see the aperture adjust. (The ring on the adapter can also be manually rotated, which will adjust the aperture, but fortunately it clicks to a shut position so you won't do it accidentally while shooting). 3. Set the camera settings to "Shoot without lens." Otherwise, you'll get an error message about the lens when you press the shutter button. 3a. Turn on the GF1, and press the MENU/SET button. 3b. Scroll down on the left menu icons to CUSTOM MENU. In the CUSTOM MENU, scroll to the last item, and select SHOOT WITHOUT LENS -> ON. 3c. Set the GF1 dial to M-manual or A-aperture priority.