Anyone used EOS 600 with mf-lenses?

[kansalliskala]

Can you focus and expose right?

I mean EOS 300 is dysmal in both of these but 600 is 15 years older technology.
And somewhat more high-end, real prism, changeable focusing glass etc.

[philslizzy]

Get a chipped adaptor for focus confirm, otherwise just stick your lens on a dumb adaptor. Set the camera to P or A . I have a few EOS film cameras and apart from a 35-105 af zoom, I exclusively use MF lenses. My favourites are my Nikkors.

[PWhite214]

I have used my m42 lenses on Canon EOS, both film and digital. Worked fine

Phil

[eggplant]

As others have said, chipped adaptor. But really the focusing experience on a 300 is no different to a Zenit with empty ground glass, right?

[visualopsins]

Aperture Priority mode should select shutter speed automatically.

Use stop-down metering in Manual mode.

Mirror may hit some lenses lenses; typically only a problem with some 50mm and some wider lenses; longer than 50mm typically do not get hit.

Without chip fast focus screen is needed to see focus by eye with lenses faster than f/2.8

[paulhofseth]

If I remember correctly,yars ago some Canons had a little squarish knob that woukld fit in a recess in the lens, confirming that it had the makers blessing. No notch, no picture. My usual measure agaist such mechanical knavery is to use a drop of superglue, but in this case it would not have helped to fix it as depressed. I cannot rrecall what I did to mount a Maksutov, maybe file a notch in the lens mount?

p.

[kansalliskala]

[paulhofseth]

as with all autofocussing devices, the groundglass is useless. Canon warns that with the manual focus screen that you have to put in, the metering will be a little bit off. Using a wide range B&W film like Ilford XP2 it does not matter much if the metering malfunctions.

p.