I'm absolutely clueless about this. Can I use my lenses from my film camera on digital SLR's? I'm making the switch from a Canon Rebel (regular film) to a Nikon D70. Is there something special about lenses for digital cameras? Or are they interchangeable between film and digital? The lenses I have are Tamron. Thanks!
2006-09-22 16:25:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
I don't have the Nikon D70 yet. I was hoping to get an answer first, before buying the camera. I'd like to just buy the body if I know my lenses will fit beforehand.
2006-09-22 16:31:11 · update #1
Canon lenses won't fit on a Nikon body. They have a different system for the lens mount.
Also, there are no adapters to fit Canon lenses on a Nikon. The reason for this, is that Canon lenses sit further away from the film/ sensor than Nikon lenses do. (So when you put a Nikon lens on a Canon body, you have the required spare room for an adapter ring - but not the other way around.)
If your Tamron lenses for Canon were made during the last 10 years or so and have auto-focus, they will work like a charm on any Canon dSLR.
If you do get a Canon dSLR, just take into account that the Rebel, 20D and 30D will magnify your lenses by 1.6. So a 100-200mm zoom will effectively behave like a 160-320mm lens. When people switch do digital, the magnification factor usually means that they have to get a new lens anyway, to still shoot wide-angle.
The more expensive Canon bodies (5D and the 1Ds Mk2) do not have a magnification factor.
2006-09-23 00:29:36 · answer #1 · answered by OMG, I ♥ PONIES!!1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no
the Canon mounts are incompatible with Nikon
either stick with Canon and some of your lenses might work with the Digital Rebel ( go to canonusa.com and check for lens compatiblity ). Keep in mind wih Canon or Nikon your effective focal length will chance by a factor of 1.3 or so.. so a 85 mm becomes a 100 or so.. this is because the area of the CMOS sensors are smaller and thus use only the center part of the lens. the good thing is you have not much vignetting ( darking at the edges ) since you are using the "sweet" spot of the lense, and your pictures tend to be sharp at the edges for the same reason.
The bad new is that getting a real wide lens is tough. The top of the line Canon i a true 1:1 and is full frame CMOS sensors. so a 85mm on that cameria is a 85mm. Nikon is only now coming out with a full frame for there top if the line model. eiher system is very good to go with ( Canon or Nikon), with some feeling Canon has the edge over Nikon is the very long lens department, ( look at any footbal game and all you'll se are the super long and white Canon telephoto lenses ).
2006-09-22 16:38:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The mounts of the two are not compatable. You can not stick a Canon EOS lens into a D70 or the other way around.
There seem to be adaptor rings to fit a Nikon lens on Canon body. See the link below:
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00GbKB
I guess there will be a converter to do the reverse.
However, do remember that any extension of the lens canges the focal distance and eats up light. If the converter has optics then it will eat up more light. Idealy you do not want that.
I have a converter to fit my old manual Canon lenses to my 300D. They work but pictures taken without the converter are clearer.
You already have suggestions for sticking with Canon. I think that is wise.
2006-09-22 18:56:24 · answer #3 · answered by Rustom T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sadly, the lenses won't fit. If your lenses are good, buy a Canon. If they're not that good, get the D70 and get new lenses.
2006-09-22 16:36:38 · answer #4 · answered by i_sivan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
If you want to do that you need a Rebel XT, it's an 8MP digital and Wal Mart just dropped their price to $800 for the kit with the 38 - 90 lens.
2006-09-22 19:01:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do they fit?...if they do, give it a shot...what do you have to lose?
2006-09-22 16:27:58 · answer #6 · answered by eantaelor 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋