mount conversions - please help!

ThisIsLegit · Dec 9, 2015

Hello all!

I'm currently in high school, and I'm taking a course called EDD - Engineering Design & Development. My year-long design project involves simulating marketing research, hence the following Google form. My team of two plans to create a mount conversion for the Canon FD, and the project guidelines require us to gather data on our 'potential target audience' - in other words, ask fellow photographers and G.A.S.-sufferers like you all about your interest in such a product!
Just a heads up, we don't actually intend to market our mount; it's meant to simulate the design process from the brainstorming to the manufacturing to the marketing of a product. That being said, please do answer honestly and rest assured that we will do nothing with your information except to glance at it and make a beautiful spreadsheet with it. If you know anyone else who'd be interested in our product, please send them the link to the form! We'd like to reach as large an audience as we can - it would help our project significantly the more responses we receive.

the Google form: Camera Mount Conversion Survey

If you have any questions, post them in the comments and I'll do my best to answer them.

Thank you for participating!

tecboy · Dec 9, 2015

Is this legit?

ThisIsLegit · Dec 10, 2015

tecboy said:
Is this legit?

I would hope so!

weepete · Dec 10, 2015

Done. Have fun with your design!

ThisIsLegit · Dec 10, 2015

weepete said:
Done. Have fun with your design!

thank you so much!

jaomul · Dec 10, 2015

Good luck, enjoy

ThisIsLegit · Dec 10, 2015

jaomul said:
Good luck, enjoy

your feedback is much appreciated!

astroNikon · Dec 10, 2015

Canon lenses on Nikon camera bodies.

snowbear · Dec 10, 2015

Done.

petrochemist · Dec 11, 2015

The chip you refer to would make no difference to me. All my cameras give focus confirm without one!

Dao · Dec 11, 2015

Done.

I think you may want to ask what type camera system that the user use or planing to use. "Flange to Focal Plane Distance" maybe a important factor for someone to consider if he/she like to get a adapter for a old manual lens.

For someone who use a mirrorless system (which usually has a shorter Flange to Focal Plane Distance) such as the SONY alpha 7 series will be easier to take advantage old manual lens. For others with a longer Flange to Focal Plane Distance, it may be a little challenging without using an adapter with no added optics which may degrade the image quality or act as a teleconverter.

Also, if I can get a hold of a Canon FD 200mm f/1.8 for cheap, I do not mind getting a good adapter for it. However, I am not going to spend much money to buy an adapter for a FD 50mm f/1.4.

beagle100 · Dec 11, 2015

Dao said:
Done.

Also, if I can get a hold of a Canon FD 200mm f/1.8 for cheap, I do not mind getting a good adapter for it. However, I am not going to spend much money to buy an adapter for a FD 50mm f/1.4.

yes, the 50mm 1.8 II is less than $50 and the STM version is around $100 so it doesn't make sense to spend $$ on an adapter

ThisIsLegit · Jan 6, 2016

UPDATE: Thank you all so far for your responses! The data collected is helping immensely. This is a shameless bump.

Dao said:
I think you may want to ask what type camera system that the user use or planing to use. "Flange to Focal Plane Distance" maybe a important factor for someone to consider if he/she like to get a adapter for a old manual lens.

For someone who use a mirrorless system (which usually has a shorter Flange to Focal Plane Distance) such as the SONY alpha 7 series will be easier to take advantage old manual lens. For others with a longer Flange to Focal Plane Distance, it may be a little challenging without using an adapter with no added optics which may degrade the image quality or act as a teleconverter.

This is a valid point and one we had considered including in our survey: however, ultimately we decided for the sake of simplicity the project would only concern a Canon FD to EF conversion, though we will certainly think about adding that to the survey as the survey itself is not asking specifically to a FD-EF conversion. Thanks for pointing it out!

beagle100 · Jan 8, 2016

ThisIsLegit said:
UPDATE: Thank you all so far for your responses! The data collected is helping immensely. This is a shameless bump.

Dao said:

I think you may want to ask what type camera system that the user use or planing to use. "Flange to Focal Plane Distance" maybe a important factor for someone to consider if he/she like to get a adapter for a old manual lens.

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This is a valid point and one we had considered including in our survey: however, ultimately we decided for the sake of simplicity the project would only concern a Canon FD to EF conversion, though we will certainly think about adding that to the survey as the survey itself is not asking specifically to a FD-EF conversion. Thanks for pointing it out!