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I have just bought an adaptor to my XT-1 to fit a Canon lense. The adaptor has no electrical connections to the camera. My queston is: Is there any trick to set the aperture to a certain value? Otherwise the aperture is set to 2.8
 

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This worked well for me,

 

Not my video, but it's perhaps the fastest way to explain it to you.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1ZuK_dDweg

 

 

I used lots of Canon lenses including L glass with a 20 dollar China made adapter on my Fuji Xe1 with great results,

 

but I set my aperture with the Canon lens while it was still ON THE CANON BODY.

 

Sounds / looks goofy, but works. I set some of mine at f/8 for landscape and just left them there, worked well.

 

Many Canon lenses that people will say are "soft" work extremely well on a FUJI SENSOR!

 

I since moved fully away from Canon and am just now in Fuji.

 

I will say an adapted Canon 17-40L can be magical.

 

http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q611/Unstable_rider/Can-17-40L_fuji%20XE-1_zpshhluruh0.jpg~original

 

http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q611/Unstable_rider/17-40_edited_zpsfwgkymbh.jpg~original

 

http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q611/Unstable_rider/fall001_April_zps1r6l2dqq.jpg~original

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The only way to do it is on a Canon body as jp_stone said since modern Canon lenses do not have manual aperture rings. I've found older, vintage lenses from Pentax, Olympus, etc make better choices since they all have manual controls to change aperture. Much cheaper too.

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