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11/29/2005 09:36:56 PM · #1 |
Is there any truth to the statements that I see on Ebay that a lens is an EF lens (Canon), but it only works on film SLRs?? This confuses me, because I thought an EF was an EF and the digital stuff was backwards compatible. Stupid me, maybe???
Thanks in advance.
And no, I can't RTFM, since I don't have the lenses yet :)
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11/29/2005 09:37:52 PM · #2 |
EF works on the canon DSLRs just fine. EF-S only works on the 300D,350xt and 20D digital though.
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11/29/2005 09:38:47 PM · #3 |
EF lenses are made for the EOS cameras, film and digital.
Message edited by author 2005-11-29 21:39:29.
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11/29/2005 09:39:25 PM · #4 |
Some of the earliest EF lenses don't have the neccessary connectors to go full auto on a dSLR I believe. But I'm not 100% sure.
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11/29/2005 10:19:39 PM · #5 |
Not sure but my 1990 circa 35-105 lens works just fine on the 20D. |
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11/29/2005 10:44:11 PM · #6 |
If it's a non-canon brand lens (Sigma, Tamron, Quantray, tokina, etc etc etc) it's possible it wont work on newer EOS camera bodies...
But if it's a Canon lens it should work on any EOS camera with the exception of the EF-M which wont power up the 'servo focus' telephotos..
(The EF-M is a manual focus only film EOS camera..)
Cheers, Me.
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