Originally posted by ChristianRock Hey I ended up deleting it thinking it was too dumb a question... it seemed obvious that I would need the tool.
No such thing as a dumb question Christian.
As for the adapters, here is what I have done. I get the cheap ones on eBay, and have one for every lens that requires an adapter. I leave one on each lens to save time fiddling with them, and reduce the likelihood of cross threading them.
One tip I can add is to remove the small spring locking clip. It caused me 2 problems.
First was that the adapter would stay on the camera when removing the lens. This leaves the mirror box open to intrusion of dust, etc. longer than I am comfortable with, plus it makes removing it difficult.
Second, on many of the cheap adapters the tiny screw that holds in on protrude into the threads. The first time you screw in onto a lens it ruins the threads on the lens. Believe me, spending an hour or so with a jeweler's thread file trying to fix the threads on a lens is no fun, and it allows for more opportunity to get foreign material in places you don't want it.
An easy and cheap way to simplify life, and free up time for making images.