Why Old Lenses? Unlike fancy new lenses, old lenses always have a certain charm, a story and a personality. They also keep your wallet a lot heavier! You can have a full range of very high quality glass for the same price as a single modern lens, so long as you're willing to give up the autofocus and a few other luxuries.
The Problem. I recently purchased a Canon 5D (original) and I have tried a 28mm PK mount lens on my 5D, but the bayonet style mount interferes with the shutter and I am pretty sure is causing a lot of damage and can't take photos. Without jamming any more bayonets into the mirror, I want to know if there are any older lenses that anyone has used that successfully worked on full frame Canon DSLRs with the larger mirrors.
Answer
The great thing about the Canon EF mount is that the register, the distance from the sensor to the mount is relatively short meaning you can add an adaptor and still have the correct distance for the adapted mount.
So apart from Canon's own line of manual FD mount lenses you can adapt pretty much any SLR lens to the EF mount. Far too many to list here. There is an entire message board over at fredmiranda.com devoted to alternative (mostly retro manual) lenses for DSLRs, with plenty of suggestions and sample images, I'd start by reading the FAQ:
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1009663
Here's a random selection of camera / lens combos with images for inspiration:
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/597185
Olympus OM lenses are very popular and there's lots of them around:
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/909179
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