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Canon AE 1
I have an old Canon AE1 camera and was wondering if the flash and telephoto lens would fit on the new Canon Digital SLR that I am going to purchase.
Thanks for the help if anyone can answer that question! -- Susan Phillips |
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In article , Susan Phillips
writes I have an old Canon AE1 camera and was wondering if the flash and telephoto lens would fit on the new Canon Digital SLR that I am going to purchase. * Thanks for the help if anyone can answer that question! The lens will not fit, even if the DSLR you buy is a Canon one. The old manual focus Canon FD mount is completely different from the auto-focus Canon EF mount used since the late 1980s. You can buy (second hand only now) an FD - EOS mount adapter, but it is useful only for macro equipment, as the lens will not focus at infinity - it is in effect an extension tube. The flash will probably fit in the hotshoe, but will almost certainly not fire. I had this issue with an ML-3 ringflash, which was designed for use with earlier generations of EOS bodies (and thus is probably a lot newer than your flashgun). There may be a way to make the flash fire on full power, but this will be highly unsatisfactory - you will get no metering or auto flash exposure at all. The best thing to do would be to sell the whole lot as an outfit - though I doubt you will get much for it - or keep it as a back-up, and buy new accessories for your DSLR. I hope it goes well and you enjoy your choice! David -- David Littlewood |
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The flash will not work from the AE1, as the digital uses an ETTL (if D10)
or I believe another type (but not "old type") of TTL on the D20. This is because there is a basic difference in how the metering has to be done between a digital and a film camera - the light can't be bounced off the CCD (light) sensor in the digital camera light it can be bounced off the film plane and then metered in a film camera. Perhaps you could use the "old" flash in its own "auto" mode, I don't know. But you won't be able to use it as a flash which is run as a dedicated flash by the camera. ------------------------------------------------- "Susan Phillips" wrote in message ... I have an old Canon AE1 camera and was wondering if the flash and telephoto lens would fit on the new Canon Digital SLR that I am going to purchase. Thanks for the help if anyone can answer that question! -- Susan Phillips |
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Thank you for the help!
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"Susan Phillips" wrote in message ... I have an old Canon AE1 camera and was wondering if the flash and telephoto lens would fit on the new Canon Digital SLR that I am going to purchase. Thanks for the help if anyone can answer that question! -- Nope Canon didn't feel Manual focus camera users were important any more, they discontinued the FD lensmount in the late 1980's. Nothing from the A series Canon SLRs will work on any dSLR. Sell the old stuff on eBay. |
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In article , ~Darrell Larose~
writes "Susan Phillips" wrote in message ... I have an old Canon AE1 camera and was wondering if the flash and telephoto lens would fit on the new Canon Digital SLR that I am going to purchase. Thanks for the help if anyone can answer that question! -- Nope Canon didn't feel Manual focus camera users were important any more, they discontinued the FD lensmount in the late 1980's. Nothing from the A series Canon SLRs will work on any dSLR. Sell the old stuff on eBay. We have had this discussion ad nauseam over the years. However, for Susan's benefit: when Canon faced the need to introduce auto-focus, they realised the FD mount would have lead to serious limitations on what could be achieved - it had a restricted size, and used purely mechanical signalling. They therefore took the decision to abandon it and go for a much wider mount with electrical signalling, knowing full well that this meant isolating a lot of users. Some users understood this and got on with life, but some others still bitch about it after 17 years (actually some of the "bitching" comes from people who never used Canon anyway). In contrast, Nikon tried to keep the same mount, which has lead to some rather confusing positions on what lens will work fully on which body. Nikon users claim it's no problem - I'm not a Nikon user, but it sounds a bit messy to me. -- David Littlewood |
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"We have had this discussion ad nauseam over the years."
But, I have not been reading this board for "years." Susan |
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In article , Susan Phillips
writes "We have had this discussion ad nauseam over the years." But, I have not been reading this board for "years." Indeed; which is why I went on to say "However, for Susan's benefit..." as I guessed you probably had not, and why I took the trouble to summarise the issue for your benefit! The first comment was aimed at Daniel, who certainly has been around for a long time. BTW, if you respond to a previous comment, it helps if you leave in a reference to who made it - it can (when threads get complex) get confusing. David -- David Littlewood |
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In article , Susan Phillips
writes "We have had this discussion ad nauseam over the years." But, I have not been reading this board for "years." Indeed; which is why I went on to say "However, for Susan's benefit..." as I guessed you probably had not, and why I took the trouble to summarise the issue for your benefit! The first comment was aimed at Daniel, who certainly has been around for a long time. BTW, if you respond to a previous comment, it helps if you leave in a reference to who made it - it can (when threads get complex) get confusing. David -- David Littlewood |
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I don't think he was putting you down, just trying to provide you with some
history and ward off some angry Nikon lover's responses. Since he gave you the most thorough answer (background included) maybe you shouldn't assume a defensive posture. "Susan Phillips" wrote in message ... "We have had this discussion ad nauseam over the years." But, I have not been reading this board for "years." Susan |
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