Old Canon Lenses

PeterD

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Apr 26, 2009, 8:48:25 PM4/26/09

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Hi all

I have come accross my old Canon EOS 1000, probably an early 90s model.

What is has with it is a 35-70mm lens and 70-210mm lens both auto focus and
are EF lens.

Can these be used with the modern Canon DSLRs? If so will look at selling
them or grabing an old 30 or 40D.

Thanks in anticipation.

nospam

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Apr 26, 2009, 10:29:07 PM4/26/09

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In article
<49f50ec3$0$12580$5a62...@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>, PeterD
<p...@removethis.iinet.net.au> wrote:

canon autofocus lenses should work fine on a canon dslr. it's the old
manual focus canon fd lenses that are paperweights.

Bob Larter

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Apr 27, 2009, 1:35:02 AM4/27/09

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PeterD wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I have come accross my old Canon EOS 1000, probably an early 90s model.
>
> What is has with it is a 35-70mm lens and 70-210mm lens both auto focus and
> are EF lens.
>
> Can these be used with the modern Canon DSLRs?

Yes, they'll work fine.

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PeterD

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Apr 27, 2009, 7:02:21 AM4/27/09

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Thank you Bob.

In article <49f54406$1...@dnews.tpgi.com.au>, Bob Larter <bobby...@gmail.com>
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PeterD

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Apr 27, 2009, 7:02:05 AM4/27/09

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Many thanks

In article <260420092229076910%nos...@nospam.invalid>, nospam

JoelH

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Apr 27, 2009, 9:14:10 AM4/27/09

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Yes, they will work on dSLRs. The consumer-grade dSLRs have smaller
sensors than the older 35mm cameras, so the lenses will behave as
though they were longer, about 55-110 and 110-330, respectively. So
your pair of lenses becomes a "normal to extreme close-up" setup,
instead of a "wide to close up" one.

-Joel
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joelmhoffman/

PeterD

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Apr 27, 2009, 9:48:34 AM4/27/09

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Thanks Joel

In article <f655949b-7cfc-4fa2...@n7g2000prc.googlegroups.com>,

Frank Pittel

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May 6, 2009, 2:33:05 PM5/6/09

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nospam <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
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My Canon fd lenses work fine.
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nospam

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May 6, 2009, 3:28:50 PM5/6/09

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In article <YYKdnaYWff18SpzX...@giganews.com>, Frank
Pittel <f...@warlock.deepthought.com> wrote:

> : > Can these be used with the modern Canon DSLRs? If so will look at
> : > selling
> : > them or grabing an old 30 or 40D.
>
> : canon autofocus lenses should work fine on a canon dslr. it's the old
> : manual focus canon fd lenses that are paperweights.
>
> My Canon fd lenses work fine.

not on a canon dslr they don't, nor do they work on canon autofocus
slrs.

dj_nme

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May 6, 2009, 8:20:06 PM5/6/09

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Frank Pittel wrote:
> nospam <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> : In article
> : <49f50ec3$0$12580$5a62...@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>, PeterD
> : <p...@removethis.iinet.net.au> wrote:
>
> : > I have come accross my old Canon EOS 1000, probably an early 90s model.
> : >
> : > What is has with it is a 35-70mm lens and 70-210mm lens both auto focus and
> : > are EF lens.
> : >
> : > Can these be used with the modern Canon DSLRs? If so will look at selling
> : > them or grabing an old 30 or 40D.
>
> : canon autofocus lenses should work fine on a canon dslr. it's the old
> : manual focus canon fd lenses that are paperweights.
>
> My Canon fd lenses work fine.

Is that via mechanical adapter on a 4/3 DSLR camera or are you still
using them on an old FD mount Canon film SLR camera?
It's details like I've asked you to provide (above) which make all the
difference.

The real answer is that all of the EOS EF lenses (which is basically all
EOS lenses, bar a couple designed to only work with 1.6x crop cameras
and designated as EF-S) will work on all of the EOS mount cameras,
including the Kodak SLR/C
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak_DCS_Pro_SLR/c>.