chris rasmussen Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Greetings all! I've tried without success to contact Marty regarding his conversion mounts and wondered if any here have them in use, (and whether or not you can still reach Mr. Castilla.) Thank you, and happy snapping! Chris ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Try a Google™ search. I don't know anything about Mr. Castilla, but there are/were lots of FD>EOS adapters available on eBay and from other sources. You are aware that for everything except macro, a glass element is required. This might be the argument for more-expensive conversters, but by most accounts, none of them works very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris rasmussen Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 Thanks JDMvW, I'd tried both his websites, the number posted on one (not set up for messages) and reaching out to his LinkdIn account. The reason I specifically want Marty's mount is, unlike the adapter mounts which add space and thus require additional light and resolution-robbing elements, his corrects the flange focal distance and doesn't add glass. The adapters adding a 1.4x tele-converting (and correction for distance) element are indeed altogether less impressive on the 1200mm lens for which I'm seeking the mount; they produce a small, round image circle in the image area - tolerable for shots of the moon, but not much else. Thanks again for your thoughts, and happy shooting! Chris ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Thanks for clarifying. Good luck with your quest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_bielecki1 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 I'm not familiar with Marty Castilla. I bought a Ed Mika FD-to-EF converter back when he was making them. Same idea, a converter with no glass involved that focuses to infinity. I use it on a FD 28/2.0 I have. There is a company out there who sells and does these lens mount conversions. Try Googling Ed Mika and see where that takes you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty_castilla1 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Hi Chris I received and replied to all your emails. I have had a few people email me and when I reply the email I get a return email that the email account can't accept email or the account is offline. -Marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crowe Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 The Ed Mika is not a converter. It is a mount conversion. I have a Canon FD 55mm f1.2 SSC Aspherical that was previously converted to Edmika EF mount. It works superbly! After about a 2 year shutdown he is indicating on facebook that he is getting back into production. To some extent he has cooperated with Simmod, but his mount conversion covers more lenses and is cheaper. The Canon FD to EOS 1.26x converter works extremely well. I had one 15 years ago for my FD 400/2.8 L and now I have one again for my FD 800/5.6 L. It would work brilliantly on the 1200 FL. I also have the Kenko FD to EOS 2x converter and it too is extremely good. An EF 2x is a bit sharper but of course does not take FD lenses. I have had my eye on the last Canon FD 1.4x-A with EF mount conversion on eBay, for the last 18 months, so I should not tell you, but that would be another possibility for long lenses. I am not familiar with Marty either. Will have to check him out. There are still a couple of FD L lenses I would purchase if I knew I could get them converted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crowe Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Sad to report that Ed Mika has passed away in the last week. He was a dedicated Canon user and obviously a technical wizard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris rasmussen Posted August 12, 2023 Author Share Posted August 12, 2023 On 4/7/2021 at 5:10 AM, John Crowe said: Sad to report that Ed Mika has passed away in the last week. He was a dedicated Canon user and obviously a technical wizard. Thank you for the update, John! Long belatedly, and after suffering a heart attack myself, I'm Very sorry to hear of Ed's passing. I've been using his FD-EF mount converter on my FD 400/2.8L, 800/5.6L, and FL 1200/11 lenses since he first introduced it. For the conversions, I had to disassemble and reset the infinity positions on the 400mm and 800mm, and shave 2mm off the FL 1200 to allow the focusing module to reach infinity, but the results have been outstanding for lunar and avian shots. Happy snapping! Chris ~ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwhitegeog Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 There are mount adapters around - EOS Magazine in the UK used to market one - not sure if it still is sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_sowsun Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 (edited) I bought this “thin” FD - EOS adapter at AliExpress. It is not as thin as Ed Mika’s adapter, but you can get reasonably good results (but not infinity) with telephoto lenses. Edited October 3, 2023 by mike_sowsun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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