Canon digital Rebel Lenses - Question

Hello Group,
I have been a film photog for years and am thinking of
switching over to digital, and the Digital Rebel seems like
a good place to start. I own the venerable F1 with FD lenses
and wonder if they would fit the Digital Rebel body, which
seems to use the EF lenses? Are the mountings the same?


Thanks,

Bruce in alaska
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Nope,

FD lenses will not mount on the rebel, 10D, 20d, 1d, 1ds, etc. I suppose
you can try to find some kind of adaptor but I have never tried one.

If your collection of FD lenses is huge finding an adaptor might be
worth a try, otherwise........


(sorry)

Steve

Bruce in Alaska wrote:

Hello Group,
I have been a film photog for years and am thinking of
switching over to digital, and the Digital Rebel seems like
a good place to start. I own the venerable F1 with FD lenses
and wonder if they would fit the Digital Rebel body, which
seems to use the EF lenses? Are the mountings the same?


Thanks,

Bruce in alaska

Nope,

FD lenses will not mount on the rebel, 10D, 20d, 1d, 1ds, etc. I suppose
you can try to find some kind of adaptor but I have never tried one.

If your collection of FD lenses is huge finding an adaptor might be
worth a try, otherwise........


(sorry)

Steve

Bruce in Alaska wrote:

Hello Group,
I have been a film photog for years and am thinking of
switching over to digital, and the Digital Rebel seems like
a good place to start. I own the venerable F1 with FD lenses
and wonder if they would fit the Digital Rebel body, which
seems to use the EF lenses? Are the mountings the same?


Thanks,

Bruce in alaska

With a suitable adapter, you can use the FD lenses in manual focus mode, and
you will also have to resort to stop-down metering, as all automatic
functions will not work. Do a google search on FD to EOS and you will find
a lot of good info.

Mike


"Bruce in Alaska" wrote in message
...
Hello Group,
I have been a film photog for years and am thinking of
switching over to digital, and the Digital Rebel seems like
a good place to start. I own the venerable F1 with FD lenses
and wonder if they would fit the Digital Rebel body, which
seems to use the EF lenses? Are the mountings the same?


Thanks,

Bruce in alaska
--
add a 2 before @

With a suitable adapter, you can use the FD lenses in manual focus mode, and
you will also have to resort to stop-down metering, as all automatic
functions will not work. Do a google search on FD to EOS and you will find
a lot of good info.

Mike


"Bruce in Alaska" wrote in message
...
Hello Group,
I have been a film photog for years and am thinking of
switching over to digital, and the Digital Rebel seems like
a good place to start. I own the venerable F1 with FD lenses
and wonder if they would fit the Digital Rebel body, which
seems to use the EF lenses? Are the mountings the same?


Thanks,

Bruce in alaska
--
add a 2 before @

With a suitable adapter, you can use the FD lenses in manual focus mode, and
you will also have to resort to stop-down metering, as all automatic
functions will not work. Do a google search on FD to EOS and you will find
a lot of good info.

Mike


"Bruce in Alaska" wrote in message
...
Hello Group,
I have been a film photog for years and am thinking of
switching over to digital, and the Digital Rebel seems like
a good place to start. I own the venerable F1 with FD lenses
and wonder if they would fit the Digital Rebel body, which
seems to use the EF lenses? Are the mountings the same?


Thanks,

Bruce in alaska
--
add a 2 before @

Bruce wrote:
I have been a film photog for years and am thinking of
switching over to digital, and the Digital Rebel seems like
a good place to start. I own the venerable F1 with FD lenses
and wonder if they would fit the Digital Rebel body, ...

It may be possible to physically mount some FD lens onto the body, but it won't
work worth a damn. Canon EOS bodies use EF lenses that have autofocus. The D
Rebel also uses EF-S lenses.

I would suggest that if you have been a film photographer for years, you might
want to try the slightly more serious cousins of the D Rebel, namely the 10D
and 20D.

---Bob Gross---

mike nelson wrote:
With a suitable adapter, you can use the FD lenses in manual focus mode, and
you will also have to resort to stop-down metering, as all automatic
functions will not work. Do a google search on FD to EOS and you will find
a lot of good info.

Mike


Sorry Mike - could you run that by me one more time?

Aerticeus

(I put it down to that earlier Egyptian experience)

mike nelson wrote:
With a suitable adapter, you can use the FD lenses in manual focus mode, and
you will also have to resort to stop-down metering, as all automatic
functions will not work. Do a google search on FD to EOS and you will find
a lot of good info.

Mike

Yes, but manual focus of a Canon 300D (Rebel) is not easy.
The screen is not really set up for it, which is too bad.

---- Paul J. Gans

mike nelson wrote:
With a suitable adapter, you can use the FD lenses in manual focus mode, and
you will also have to resort to stop-down metering, as all automatic
functions will not work. Do a google search on FD to EOS and you will find
a lot of good info.

Mike

Yes, but manual focus of a Canon 300D (Rebel) is not easy.
The screen is not really set up for it, which is too bad.

---- Paul J. Gans