Silly question

[Chaser]

I have tons of lens from a film camera (Canon), Can you use these lens on a Digital Canon? They are still in great shape.
Thanks

[mjs1973]

Depends. If they are EF lenses for a Canon EOS camera, then yes, they will work on any of the current Canon DSLR's. If they are older, manual focus lenses, they will not work on the DSLR's.

[Chaser]

Oh thanks they are old ones, my grandfathers we found them and a camera in his attic and they still work not sure how old they are.

[byjamesderuvoDHQ]

You may be able to use them on MANUAL only if they have the same lens mount. If not, you can get an adapter. But they won't give you any automatic functions to be sure.

[Chaser]

Thanks for all the input, they are manual. How can I tell if they are the same mount, sorry if that sound silly I'm don't know alot here LOL

[Photo-John]

You may be able to use them on MANUAL only if they have the same lens mount. If not, you can get an adapter. But they won't give you any automatic functions to be sure.

That doesn't work with Canon. Canon's FD manual focus lenses have a completely different mount than the EF auto focus mount. There are adapters available. But for most lenses and most photographers, it's not really worth the cost and effort.

[EOSThree]

The older FD lenses will say something like: "Canon Lens FD XXmm 1:1.8" on the ring surrounding the front element. The new autofocus lenses will say something like: "Canon Lens EF XXmm 1:1.8" in the same area. The key letters are the EF or FD. EF lenses will fit any modern body Canon makes, including DSLRs.

[byjamesderuvoDHQ]

Exactly. Thus the reason I said an adapter may have to be used. And I agree that it's not all that worth it considering a light loss of 1-2 stops and clarity issues.

That doesn't work with Canon. Canon's FD manual focus lenses have a completely different mount than the EF auto focus mount. There are adapters available. But for most lenses and most photographers, it's not really worth the cost and effort.

[Frog]

But this should excite the film shooters.

[sam999]

hello all,
I see you have had some answers both for and against. I say get the adapters and try it out, the older lenses may have a much higher quality for clarity than the new ones. Of course the companies will tell you "It just isn't so", but I know my old Nikon lenses were sharper than what I have now!