Any experiences with new FD adapter?

[pw]

Hi,

my father gave me a set of FD lenses: FD 28mm 1.8, FD 35-105mm 3.5-4.5, FD 50mm 1.8, FD 35mm 2.8, FD 135mm 2.8 and a Vivitar lens 75-205mm 3.8-4.5.
I have an EOS body and am wondering whether it's worth buying an FD adapter for these lenses. I have read Bob's review on these adapters, but I would like to know whether anyone has any experience with the (I assume) newer type of adapters that contain a chip to tell the body that the lens is in manual mode. This presumably gives then better information in the viewfinder. But are the optics any better than all the other adapters that can be found? These new ones can be found on ebay but also for instance on http://www.rugift.com/photocameras/canon-fd-eos-af-adapter.htm. They claim to have a larger lens, allowing more light to pass.

thanks in advance

Patrick

[Bob Atkins]

My guess is that none of them are great. They're all much too cheap to use quality optics. The AF confirmation chip system generally works OK. As long as you don't expect the best results and you're prepared to stop the lens down to maybe f5.6 you'll probably get OK image quality.