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03/14/2007 09:44:11 PM · #1 |
Dumb questions but do canon mount lenses only work on canon cameras? Or could you get them to mount on a pentax or sigma or olympus somehow?
Thanks
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03/14/2007 09:47:00 PM · #2 |
| there probably some adapter somewhere... sounds like a kirbic question to me ;) |
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03/14/2007 09:48:58 PM · #3 |
the short answer is yes they only work with canon cameras, however I think you may be able to get converters to other makes but most likely lose some functions .
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03/14/2007 09:50:29 PM · #4 |
| While everything's possible, my simple answer is 'njet'. |
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03/14/2007 09:55:10 PM · #5 |
Ok, then what mount or type lens does...
Pentax use?
Olympus use?
Simga use?
Minolta use?
Sony use?
Do each of them use their own brand of lens? Manufactured by themselves? Or does say Sony use, Milolta lenses or Olympus use pentax lenses? Never quite understood this.
Message edited by author 2007-03-14 22:00:42.
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03/14/2007 10:32:18 PM · #6 |
| pentax is pentax... olympus is olympus... sigma is sigma... and sony im not sure about, however all of these companies for the most part have thier own lense systems. It starts getting a little confusing when a company liek Sigma or Tamron has a lens which they make for multiple cameras for instance sigmas 8mm lens is being manufactired with both a nikon mount and a canon mount. |
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03/14/2007 10:33:24 PM · #7 |
They all have different mounts and aren't compatible. There aren't many cross-brand adapters either.
There are a few adapters that convert older lenses o newer equipment. And very few cross-platform adapters.
And FWIW, Sony uses Minolta mounts... because Sony is Minolta :-)
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03/14/2007 11:18:21 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by mediamst:
Ok, then what mount or type lens does...
Pentax use?
Olympus use?
Simga use?
Minolta use?
Sony use?
Do each of them use their own brand of lens? Manufactured by themselves? Or does say Sony use, Milolta lenses or Olympus use pentax lenses? Never quite understood this. |
Pentax use? Pentax KAF
Olympus use? 4/3rds
Simga use? Sigma
Minolta use? Minolta/Sony (same thing)
Sony use? Minolta/Sony (same thing)
Nikon?: F mount
Canon?: EF or EF-S (currently)
Panasonic?: 4/3rds
etc...
Edit to add: There are some lenses that can be made to work on another mount, but not many. And those that do generally lose AF ability if not more. Any kind of lens based image stabilization will not work for sure.
Message edited by author 2007-03-14 23:22:30.
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03/14/2007 11:22:57 PM · #9 |
| so who can use Leica, Zeiss lenses? |
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03/14/2007 11:27:44 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by crayon:
so who can use Leica, Zeiss lenses? |
Zeiss is making Nikon F-mount lenses that will be only MF. Leica makes 4/3rds mount lenses currently and is expanding that line.
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03/14/2007 11:32:21 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by SamDoe1:
Originally posted by crayon:
so who can use Leica, Zeiss lenses? |
Zeiss is making Nikon F-mount lenses that will be only MF. Leica makes 4/3rds mount lenses currently and is expanding that line. |
Olympus uses 4/3 formats too, right? |
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03/14/2007 11:34:10 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by crayon:
Originally posted by SamDoe1:
Zeiss is making Nikon F-mount lenses that will be only MF. Leica makes 4/3rds mount lenses currently and is expanding that line. |
Olympus uses 4/3 formats too, right? |
Yes sir.
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03/15/2007 12:31:43 AM · #13 |
Don't fuji's use the Nikon F-mount also?
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03/15/2007 12:32:40 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by deapee:
Don't fuji's use the Nikon F-mount also? |
Yes they do. |
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03/15/2007 02:04:28 AM · #15 |
| Kodak DSLR's used to be available in EOS mount. |
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03/15/2007 09:55:52 PM · #16 |
this was hugely helpful. Thanks so much for all the responses!
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03/15/2007 10:10:27 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by crayon:
so who can use Leica, Zeiss lenses? |
Carl Zeiss Make lens for many manufacturers, They make most of Sony's lens
they are making a range of high quality optics for the A100 [minolta mount]
Zeiss are an independant company who had a tie up with Yashica ,prolly still owned by them. Sorry Yashica own contax as well
Message edited by author 2007-03-15 22:12:52.
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03/15/2007 10:17:52 PM · #18 |
Canon has "shallow" mounts on their lenses. For this reason, few other cameras can adapt to Canon. On the other hand, many other mounts can be used on Canon with adaptors. Adaptors are like spacers between the lens and the camera, with a native mount on the inside and a foreign mount on the outside. For a fact, both Nikon and Pentax adaptors are available to fit Canon bodies.
Whether all the electronic/automated functions will cross over is another issue altogether, but you CAN mount them and use them manually.
R.
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03/15/2007 10:22:59 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by kiwinick:
...Zeiss are an independant company who had a tie up with Yashica ,prolly still owned by them. Sorry Yashica own contax as well |
Carl Zeiss (optics) is owned by the Carl Zeiss Group, HQs in Oberkochem, Germany. The Carl Zeiss Group has numerous holdings, one of which is Contax. |
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