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1. Yeah, meters just fine. Unlike Nikons, Canon's don't give a damn about what lens is on your camera, they just pay attention to the light coming in and figure out your metering based on that.
2. Stop-down metering. So when you turn the knob to change your aperture, the viewfinder will get darker and your depth of field will appear wider (at least once you get past f/2.5 or so). 2a: Aperture priority will work fine, though you'll be changing the aperture on the lens rather than with the control wheel 2b: Program/Auto will work like Aperture Priority, I believe 2b: Shutter priority will act like full manual 2c: Full manual will act like your mom
It's actually a really good idea if you like shooting in full manual mode, because you're basically taking the 400D's one control wheel and giving it a second one. Aperture on the lens, shutter speed on the dial. The caveat, of course, being that you have to manually focus everything (so make sure you get a chipped adapter so your focus confirmation lights work. They're about twice the price of non-chipped adapters, but that's still only like $30) and have to deal with a dim viewfinder if you don't want to shoot wide open, but I'd say those are small prices to pay for a digital camera that handles like an old-school manual focus workhorse. If I were still using my 400D, I'd totally do this.
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