Lens adapter to put Canon lens on Nikon D70 ?

"bob" wrote in message
om...
As a rookie, I have a Canon EOS Rebel (film) camera with a
ProMaster 70-300mm lens.
I'm getting a Nikon D70. Is there an adapter that will allow
me to use the Canon ProMaster lens on my Nikon D70 body ?
If so, roughly how much $ and where to get ? And what are
the downsides (auto focus won't work ? etc ?).
I simply cannot afford another 300mm lens yet and need one to
shoot football with the D70. So even if it is not ideal to
reuse my ProMaster lens, if I can't then I can't get the D70
yet and must suffer through another football season shooting
film (very badly) with my Canon Rebel.


So is going digital supposed to make you shoot well? That's not how it
works. Anyway, ProMaster lenes are very low-end consumer lenses made by
Sigma. I wouldn't go to too much trouble to adapt it to another mount. Why
not go with the Canon 300D? Even 10D prices have started to drop, and that
was before the 20D was leaked.

Mark

"Dave Herzstein" wrote in message
...
bob wrote:

As a rookie, I have a Canon EOS Rebel (film) camera with a
ProMaster 70-300mm lens.
I'm getting a Nikon D70. Is there an adapter that will allow
me to use the Canon ProMaster lens on my Nikon D70 body ?

No

If so, roughly how much $ and where to get ? And what are
the downsides (auto focus won't work ? etc ?).

1) Infinity focus would be impossible without an optical converter
2) Its not possible to control the aperture without a Canon body
3) Focus would be manual *if* an adapter existed

I simply cannot afford another 300mm lens yet and need one to
shoot football with the D70. So even if it is not ideal to
reuse my ProMaster lens, if I can't then I can't get the D70
yet and must suffer through another football season shooting
film (very badly) with my Canon Rebel.
Thanks for any advice...

Bob

Buy a Canon Digital Rebel, instead of a Nikon D70?

Or wait until September when the 10D price is cut....

"Dave Herzstein" wrote in message
...
bob wrote:

As a rookie, I have a Canon EOS Rebel (film) camera with a
ProMaster 70-300mm lens.
I'm getting a Nikon D70. Is there an adapter that will allow
me to use the Canon ProMaster lens on my Nikon D70 body ?

No

If so, roughly how much $ and where to get ? And what are
the downsides (auto focus won't work ? etc ?).

1) Infinity focus would be impossible without an optical converter
2) Its not possible to control the aperture without a Canon body
3) Focus would be manual *if* an adapter existed

I simply cannot afford another 300mm lens yet and need one to
shoot football with the D70. So even if it is not ideal to
reuse my ProMaster lens, if I can't then I can't get the D70
yet and must suffer through another football season shooting
film (very badly) with my Canon Rebel.
Thanks for any advice...

Bob

Buy a Canon Digital Rebel, instead of a Nikon D70?

Or wait until September when the 10D price is cut....

"bob" wrote in message
om...
As a rookie, I have a Canon EOS Rebel (film) camera with a
ProMaster 70-300mm lens.
I'm getting a Nikon D70. Is there an adapter that will allow
me to use the Canon ProMaster lens on my Nikon D70 body ?
If so, roughly how much $ and where to get ? And what are
the downsides (auto focus won't work ? etc ?).
I simply cannot afford another 300mm lens yet and need one to
shoot football with the D70. So even if it is not ideal to
reuse my ProMaster lens, if I can't then I can't get the D70
yet and must suffer through another football season shooting
film (very badly) with my Canon Rebel.
Thanks for any advice...

Someone has already mentioned the Nikon 70-300 4.5-5.6 G lens, and I'd
agree with that. If you were planning to buy an adaptor, you may be
able to get it for within the money you allowing for that. Obviously no
professional sports photographer would describe that as a sports lens
(too slow - max aperture at 300mm is f5.6, too slow in focusing, and too
soft at the edges on max aperture) but it should be better than the
ProMaster anyway. I have used it to get some reasonably good photos
from the sidelines of a club rugby match.

--
Apteryx
Treat anger like gold. Spend it wisely or not at all.

"bob" wrote in message
om...
As a rookie, I have a Canon EOS Rebel (film) camera with a
ProMaster 70-300mm lens.
I'm getting a Nikon D70. Is there an adapter that will allow
me to use the Canon ProMaster lens on my Nikon D70 body ?
If so, roughly how much $ and where to get ? And what are
the downsides (auto focus won't work ? etc ?).
I simply cannot afford another 300mm lens yet and need one to
shoot football with the D70. So even if it is not ideal to
reuse my ProMaster lens, if I can't then I can't get the D70
yet and must suffer through another football season shooting
film (very badly) with my Canon Rebel.
Thanks for any advice...

Someone has already mentioned the Nikon 70-300 4.5-5.6 G lens, and I'd
agree with that. If you were planning to buy an adaptor, you may be
able to get it for within the money you allowing for that. Obviously no
professional sports photographer would describe that as a sports lens
(too slow - max aperture at 300mm is f5.6, too slow in focusing, and too
soft at the edges on max aperture) but it should be better than the
ProMaster anyway. I have used it to get some reasonably good photos
from the sidelines of a club rugby match.

--
Apteryx
Treat anger like gold. Spend it wisely or not at all.

In article , RSD99
wrote:

IIRC the spelling was Marty Forscher ...and his company was "Professional
Camera Repair"
in NYC. And yes, he (they) made many different kinds of camera modifications
over the
years, including such things as Polaroid backs for the Nikon F-series
cameras, adapters
for using Canon lenses on Nikons, Nikon lenses on Canons ... and so forth.

I believe I read last year in Popular Photography that Marty had
retired.

In article ,
says...

"Hunt" posted:
"...
If the lens is important, that sounds like the way to go.

Back in the days of C-F1 & N-F thru F2, there were several adaptors that were
marketed for conversions both ways.
..."

Yes ... that was before autofocus, and they were manual exposure only ... no
aut
o
exposure.

IIRC the spelling was Marty Forscher ...and his company was "Professional
Camera
Repair"
in NYC. And yes, he (they) made many different kinds of camera modifications
ove
r the
years, including such things as Polaroid backs for the Nikon F-series
cameras, a
dapters
for using Canon lenses on Nikons, Nikon lenses on Canons ... and so forth.

A search on
Marty Forscher Camera Repair
will get you quite a few hits.

[SNIP]

Thanks, I did not know if they were still around and am glad to hear they are.
Great shop, at least back in the 70-80's.

Hunt

In article ,
says...

"Hunt" posted:
"...
If the lens is important, that sounds like the way to go.

Back in the days of C-F1 & N-F thru F2, there were several adaptors that were
marketed for conversions both ways.
..."

Yes ... that was before autofocus, and they were manual exposure only ... no
aut
o
exposure.

IIRC the spelling was Marty Forscher ...and his company was "Professional
Camera
Repair"
in NYC. And yes, he (they) made many different kinds of camera modifications
ove
r the
years, including such things as Polaroid backs for the Nikon F-series
cameras, a
dapters
for using Canon lenses on Nikons, Nikon lenses on Canons ... and so forth.

A search on
Marty Forscher Camera Repair
will get you quite a few hits.

[SNIP]

Thanks, I did not know if they were still around and am glad to hear they are.
Great shop, at least back in the 70-80's.

Hunt

"Apteryx" wrote in message ...
"bob" wrote in message
om...
As a rookie, I have a Canon EOS Rebel (film) camera with a
ProMaster 70-300mm lens.
I'm getting a Nikon D70. Is there an adapter that will allow
me to use the Canon ProMaster lens on my Nikon D70 body ?
If so, roughly how much $ and where to get ? And what are
the downsides (auto focus won't work ? etc ?).
I simply cannot afford another 300mm lens yet and need one to
shoot football with the D70. So even if it is not ideal to
reuse my ProMaster lens, if I can't then I can't get the D70
yet and must suffer through another football season shooting
film (very badly) with my Canon Rebel.
Thanks for any advice...

Someone has already mentioned the Nikon 70-300 4.5-5.6 G lens, and I'd
agree with that. If you were planning to buy an adaptor, you may be
able to get it for within the money you allowing for that. Obviously no
professional sports photographer would describe that as a sports lens
(too slow - max aperture at 300mm is f5.6, too slow in focusing, and too
soft at the edges on max aperture) but it should be better than the
ProMaster anyway. I have used it to get some reasonably good photos
from the sidelines of a club rugby match.

Thank you all for taking the time to help with your informative
answers.
I've decided to kiss off getting an adapter for reasons you all
gave. Have decidced to get the D70 and Nikon 70-300 lens. Canon
digital Rebel does not appear to be as good a camera as D70 from what
I've read. Remaining question then is whether to hang on to Canon film
Rebel and lens. I know I wouldn't get much for them but something is
better than nothing especially if with a D70 there is no reason to
keep them. Comments ?
And Mark as for whether I think digital will magically in and of
itself make me a better photographer the answer is clearly "No" at
least in the short run. It's just that it's far easier,cheaper and
quicker for a neophyte like me to experiment without incurring film
and development costs (not to mention delay between
'experiments')until I understand the basics better of aperture,
shutter speed, ISO, etc., etc.
Again, thanks to all for your kind help.
Bob

"Apteryx" wrote in message ...
"bob" wrote in message
om...
As a rookie, I have a Canon EOS Rebel (film) camera with a
ProMaster 70-300mm lens.
I'm getting a Nikon D70. Is there an adapter that will allow
me to use the Canon ProMaster lens on my Nikon D70 body ?
If so, roughly how much $ and where to get ? And what are
the downsides (auto focus won't work ? etc ?).
I simply cannot afford another 300mm lens yet and need one to
shoot football with the D70. So even if it is not ideal to
reuse my ProMaster lens, if I can't then I can't get the D70
yet and must suffer through another football season shooting
film (very badly) with my Canon Rebel.
Thanks for any advice...

Someone has already mentioned the Nikon 70-300 4.5-5.6 G lens, and I'd
agree with that. If you were planning to buy an adaptor, you may be
able to get it for within the money you allowing for that. Obviously no
professional sports photographer would describe that as a sports lens
(too slow - max aperture at 300mm is f5.6, too slow in focusing, and too
soft at the edges on max aperture) but it should be better than the
ProMaster anyway. I have used it to get some reasonably good photos
from the sidelines of a club rugby match.

Thank you all for taking the time to help with your informative
answers.
I've decided to kiss off getting an adapter for reasons you all
gave. Have decidced to get the D70 and Nikon 70-300 lens. Canon
digital Rebel does not appear to be as good a camera as D70 from what
I've read. Remaining question then is whether to hang on to Canon film
Rebel and lens. I know I wouldn't get much for them but something is
better than nothing especially if with a D70 there is no reason to
keep them. Comments ?
And Mark as for whether I think digital will magically in and of
itself make me a better photographer the answer is clearly "No" at
least in the short run. It's just that it's far easier,cheaper and
quicker for a neophyte like me to experiment without incurring film
and development costs (not to mention delay between
'experiments')until I understand the basics better of aperture,
shutter speed, ISO, etc., etc.
Again, thanks to all for your kind help.
Bob