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01/19/2006 06:22:56 PM · #1 |
No really, the title might say it all. In my meager travels and experiences as an amateur photography, I've been bitten by the bug. Hard. I love it! OK, that's not my dumb question is it. Here goes...
Is there a possibility that lenses can be used on different camera bodies? As in, can I get a lense from a Minolta/Pentax/Nikon or what have you and use it on a Canon?
Don't rip me too hard... :)
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01/19/2006 06:32:18 PM · #2 |
Many, many "other brand" lenses can be used on Canons if you buy an adaptor, because Canon lens mounts are relatively thin so the extra depth of the adaptor is doable.
Other than that, I'm not sure of the adapaptability.
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01/19/2006 06:32:34 PM · #3 |
Yes, sorta.
Over the years adapters have been made to do such things.
I have an M42 to canon EOS adapter. M42 being the old pentax screw on mount (also used by a few others).
it works - extension tubes and a vivitar M42 mount 135mm f2.8 lens
of course everything is all manual and the EXIF is partly blank.
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01/19/2006 06:36:55 PM · #4 |
You can but it requires a special adaptor and you will lose autofocus capabilities. Many people use Ziess, Nikon, or Lieca glass on there Canons. It will also depend on the lens itself. Some lenses will not work on some camera bodies due to how far a lens goes into the camera body and in some cases you will lose the capability to focus at infinity. Its best to know what lens you want to use on what camera and ask around to see if someone has experiance using said lens on said camera.
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01/19/2006 08:59:01 PM · #5 |
What they said..just as an interesting related side, the movie "The Corpse Bride" was shot using Nikon lenses on Canon bodies.
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01/20/2006 03:41:00 AM · #6 |
Another factor would be whether the lenses are controlled in the same way, particularly the aperture. Some brand lenses (e.g. Minolta AF) are controlled through the camera only, there isn't an aperture ring on the lens itself - so even if you could physically mount the lens on another brand of body, you'd have no way of changing the aperture setting.
Btw, there is only one e in "lens".
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01/20/2006 04:04:54 AM · #7 |
The answer is a very qualified, yes.
Yes, you can often use lenses from other manufactures by way of an adapter. Canon is the most adaptable modern mount. More lenses can be fitted to it and still retain infinity focus than any other.
However, each different mount you wish to use requires a separate adapter. For example, if you wished to use Olympus, Nikon, and old Pentax M42 lenses on your Canon, you would need an adapter for each.
However, none of these adpaters will give you anything more than basic functionality, and you really have to use older Manual Focus lenses that have a manual aperture conrol. With these lenses you will get no autofocus, no autoexposure control, no auto anything. You will be able to focus and adjust the aperture, and thats about it. But, with a bit of practice, you can learn to expose manually.
Canon will even let use use Aperture priority with good results on most manual lenses. (you set the aperture you wish to use, and the camera will generate a shutter speed to match.)
It all sounds very complicated at first, but its really not a big deal once you get used to it.
Message edited by author 2006-01-20 04:12:24. |
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01/20/2006 04:08:02 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by paddles:
Btw, there is only one e in "lens". |
BTW outside US "lense" is perfectly acceptable.
Main Entry: lens
Variant: also lense /'lenz/
Function: noun
1 : a curved piece of glass or plastic used singly or combined in eyeglasses or an optical instrument (as a microscope) for forming an image
2 : a device for directing or focusing radiation other than light (as sound waves, radio microwaves, or electrons)
3 : a highly transparent biconvex lens-shaped or nearly spherical body in the eye that focuses light rays entering the eye typically onto the retina, lies immediately behind the pupil, is made up of slender curved rod-shaped ectodermal cells in concentric lamellae surrounded by a tenuous mesoblastic capsule, and alters its focal length by becoming more or less spherical in response to the action of the ciliary muscle on a peripheral suspensory ligament —lensed adjective —lens·less adjective
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01/20/2006 06:17:04 AM · #9 |
| I tried to buy a NIKON lens to CANON camera adaptor ring and was told it isn't made in UK. |
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01/20/2006 07:22:49 AM · #10 |
I have a M42 to EOS fitting for my 300D to allow me to use a Mamiya 50mm f1.4 lens. As it has been said its manual focus etc and I am only able to use this lens wide open, I am unable to change the f stop at all, which is a bummer. Trying to manual focus a f1.4 lens without a 'focus screen' is a pain.
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01/20/2006 08:36:31 PM · #11 |
I use Nikon lenses on a Canon 300D... You can set the aperture on a nikon lens and use the manual focus. Works great.
I also use a russian Peleng 8mm with nikon mount. Wide lenses are very difficult to manual focus... |
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01/20/2006 08:51:41 PM · #12 |
this is a great question. I wondered about this also.
Next question is, how do you find out if an adaptor ring is available for the set-up you want to use? |
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01/20/2006 08:59:23 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by briantammy:
this is a great question. I wondered about this also.
Next question is, how do you find out if an adaptor ring is available for the set-up you want to use? |
The bottom line is, you do some research. Start with a general search for " lens adapter" where is the camera brand you want to adapt lenses to. You ill inevitably have to do some digging, but if there are companies making adapters, you'll come up with them. A good basic resource on adapters is cameraquest.com; their adapters are high quality but expensive.
BTW, there are so many adapters to mount other lenses on Canon EOS cameras simply because the Canon bodies are not as deep as most others, meaning there's room for the adapter without losing infinity focus.
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