January 28, 2014 update: I have developed new design polymer rear lens caps that are half the height of normal EOS caps and wider so you can stand your lens on the cap with more security and you can put the cap in your pocket without a big bump showing.  I will be including one of these new EdCaps with each kit sold.

June 23,2013 update: I will no longer be including a rear lens cap or any screwdrivers with my kits anymore.  The reasons for not including caps are the standard EOS caps are too tall to send in letter mail and I am told the reason there is often a delay in international customers getting the kits is that the extra thickness is causing jams in automatic letter sorting equipment and extra customs attention.  For a while now I have been sending wooden rear lens caps that are less tall but they take as long for me to machine as the adapter and this is really slowing down my limited production time on my personal garage vertical CNC mill.  Plus the wood makes a real mess of my garage and quickly causes a fire hazard with all the dust.  The reason I am dropping the screwdrivers is that the small inexpensive ones I have been sending with some kits are not very good, this causes a greater risk of screw heads stripping than using a high quality larger grip phillips 0 or 00 drivers that can be found at any worldwide local hardware store.  A larger grip allows more downwards force to be applied which is very important in minimizing screw head damage.  Another reason I am dropping the small sharp screwdrivers is that I think it will again help minimize customs inspection slow downs and reduce risks of package damage.  I am sorry for any inconvenience this causes anyone but I am just trying to put my limited time and focus on developing and producing the highest quality EOS conversion kits I can and help make sure they can arrive to my worldwide customers as safely and quickly as possible.

The Aspherical kit is finally ready. The adapter is very similar to the FD 55 1.2 chrome nose/ssc version except it comes with a tool to unscrew the rear lens element ring and it comes with two pairs of edtravellers (one is a spare).  

What is really cool about this kit is that it can be used on a 5D2 and 5D3, I've placed the rear element to just clear the larger mirrors and then move into interference condition at about 20 feet for the 5D2 with the "fatter mirror" an about 300 feet for the 5D3.  What this means is you need to shoot in live view when shooting longer distances.  Of course this is already happening if your primary use of this fantastic lens is for video.  For all other EOS bodies there are no mirror contact issues (as far as I have seen) so shoot how you like with those.

As always each EdMika adapter comes with the latest Generation 4 Dandelion chip that will come to you preprogrammed with your lens focal length and reporting the maximum aperture.  These chips are mostly useful for proper light metering and EXIF data reporting but they are also focus confirmation chips.  I recommend using 10x live view for most accurate focus or getting a good focus screen.  You can program the chip through your camera and calibrate the focus spot but I find accuracy is so so.  If you want no chip please send me a note and I will refund 10 dollars from your purchase price.  Dandelion chips are having signal loss issues with 7D camera bodies causing problems mostly for video so if you have a 7D I recommend getting no chip.  Proper metering is still possible without a chip in Av/Aperture priority mode.

The picture I have up is a cut adapter to show the EdTraveller component, you will get a kit that includes all you need to make your FD 55 1.2 Aspherical lens work on EOS (the brass adapter with programable Dandelion reporting chip, two inner and outer EdTravellers, 1 EdLink, 4 screws (one is a spare)  and a lens ring unscrew tool.

Please again note this is for the adapter kit and not the lens, I have it marked as used on eBay since the default search for the lens that this kit converts only lists used but of course you will be getting a new adapter.

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