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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 3043875, member: 36230"]If it has an aperture ring, a simple and cheap dumb adapter should suffice. While there may be even cheaper options, check into something like this...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fotodiox-Lens-Mount-Adapter-Nikkor/dp/B001G4QXLE" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Fotodiox-Lens-Mount-Adapter-Nikkor/dp/B001G4QXLE" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Fotodiox-Lens-Mount-Adapter-Nikkor/dp/B001G4QXLE</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Although Amazon reviews should be taken with a massive grain of salt, just be sure to do a little general research before buying, especially if going with one of the cheaper options. Perhaps check B&H, Adorama, etc even if only to compare reviews. Photo forums may be of some help as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm really very fond of adapting legacy/vintage glass, often either just to play around with or for the character that many modern counterparts lack, but just want to be clear that I'm not a Canon shooter and therefore have no personal experience with adapting lenses for EF mount. Still, based upon all the reading I've done on adapting lenses to different mounts, I see no reason it wouldn't work.</p><p><br /></p><p>I may have mentioned this earlier, but years ago I used simple diopters on a low end Nikon for imaging coins and while far from ideal, was able to produce images of <i>sufficient</i> quality for sales purposes at that time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 3043875, member: 36230"]If it has an aperture ring, a simple and cheap dumb adapter should suffice. While there may be even cheaper options, check into something like this... [url]https://www.amazon.com/Fotodiox-Lens-Mount-Adapter-Nikkor/dp/B001G4QXLE[/url] Although Amazon reviews should be taken with a massive grain of salt, just be sure to do a little general research before buying, especially if going with one of the cheaper options. Perhaps check B&H, Adorama, etc even if only to compare reviews. Photo forums may be of some help as well. I'm really very fond of adapting legacy/vintage glass, often either just to play around with or for the character that many modern counterparts lack, but just want to be clear that I'm not a Canon shooter and therefore have no personal experience with adapting lenses for EF mount. Still, based upon all the reading I've done on adapting lenses to different mounts, I see no reason it wouldn't work. I may have mentioned this earlier, but years ago I used simple diopters on a low end Nikon for imaging coins and while far from ideal, was able to produce images of [I]sufficient[/I] quality for sales purposes at that time.[/QUOTE]
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