35mm lenses on a digital

I have two lenses I use with my Rebel TI 35mm camera. Will those lenses work on the digital Rebel?

You can use a film lens on a digital body, but remember that you will need to apply the 1.6 conversion factor when looking at the focal length of the lens. For instance, a 10-22mm lens will be the 35mm equivalent of 16-35mm. Great for zooms, sucks for wide angle.

You can't use a digital only lens on a film body without severe vignetting in the corners. Some lenses partially work on the longer end of the spectrum, but it is not the best thing to do.

I have 2 Fugi digitals, point and shoot. I am considering getting a dig. SLR. Are you saying that I can use some of my old Minola(35mm SLR) lenses on a digital if I buy one that uses the same mount? This would be great as I have a ton of $ in lenses from before I fell in love with digital!

curiousjj wrote:

I have 2 Fugi digitals, point and shoot. I am considering getting a dig. SLR. Are you saying that I can use some of my old Minola(35mm SLR) lenses on a digital if I buy one that uses the same mount? This would be great as I have a ton of $ in lenses from before I fell in love with digital!

Yep, as long as the mount is the same. Since Konica/Minolta is now out of business, you can look to Sony for their lens mount now. It can be found on both the Alpha models...A100 and A700. They are compatible with the old Minolta lenses.

Thanks!

You are quite welcome...just be aware that the lenses will behave differently than they did on the film bodies. The wide end will be less so, and the long end will be longer. That could be a good or bad thing depending on how you look at it.

If you are looking for a wide angle by chance, I would look at the Zeis 16-80mm for the Sony (Konica/Minolta mount). It is an outstanding optic and one that almost swayed me to the Sony camp yet again when I upgraded to the the SLR world.

Can SLR Canon digital cameras it support the old minolta lenses in any ways?

There might be an adaptor, but I have not heard of one for this combination.

i've finally made it to where i'd like to transition to DSLR. i've been rebelling for quite a while, as i have not wanted to leave the 35mm world. so i have a few quite old 35mm lenses that went with an old nikomat camera, and a newer sigma 35-135 lens. is there a place somewhere online where i go to find out if they will be compatible with a DLSR body? i'm so crippled when it comes to hardware, and really don't have a clue how to begin to find out if what i have can still be used after i make this transition. any info would be super helpful!
thanks.

Do you know what lens mount these lenses are? What body did you have them on before? You might try to google the current camera body and lens mount. That will tell you what mounting system was used, and then you can find out if there are current digital bodies that will mount these lenses. I know the Sigma will come in a variety of lens mounts. You might be able to search "lens mounts" and find a chart showing the different ones. you should be able to pick out what matches your system.

Keep in mind that not all of the functions will necessarily work between the new body and the old lenses. AF systems may or may not be compatible.

i have a nikon d60 so those lenses would work with an nikon F5 or F6 as long as the lens mounts were the same right?? I hope i understood that correctly.

SallyG wrote:

i have a nikon d60 so those lenses would work with an nikon F5 or F6 as long as the lens mounts were the same right?? I hope i understood that correctly.

If the lens mount is the same (think it is) the lens will physically fit. However, you will find less than positive results doing it with digital lenses on a film body. Since the digital sensor is smaller than the film frame, you will see vignetting in most of the zoom range. Conversely, you can take a film/full framed lens and put it on a digital body with wonderful results. You will actually be using the sweet spot of the lens which is the sharpest part in the center of the glass.

You might have some luck with your D60 lenses, but I am betting that you will not be happy with the results.

so the lenses for the f5 or f6 will work fine on the d60 but it won't work very well the other way around? Is that right.

Here's a link to Nikon's D60 brochure, page 1 has an area that lists compatable lenses and limitations. You might have to zoom in a bit to read it.

http://chsvimg.nikon.com/products/imaging/lineup/ digitalcamera/slr/d60/pdf/D60_16p.pdf

Post edited by: FloppyDog, at: 2008/09/10 13:50

SallyG wrote:

so the lenses for the f5 or f6 will work fine on the d60 but it won't work very well the other way around? Is that right.

Yes, I believe that is the case, assuming the mounts are the same which I think they are.

AF & AF - D + AF I + AF S should work , the ones that might not work are the G lenses - G for gelded , no aperture ring .

The old AI & AIS will work on the D1x , D200 , Fujifilm S5 , D2 & 3's , providing the camera is told the maximum aperture and focal length .

Basically the newer AF Nikons be it digital or film , often need a chipped lens ( CPU ) to talk to the camera .

I have a question along these same lines. I have a hand-me-down 35mm lens...Sigma70-210mm 1:2.8 AF ZOOM APO. I doesn't fit on the body of my Nikon D40, but I was wondering if there was any kind of converter, adapter or compatibility equipment I can buy so I can use this lens with my digital. Thanks!

Dyana wrote:

I have a question along these same lines. I have a hand-me-down 35mm lens...Sigma70-210mm 1:2.8 AF ZOOM APO. I doesn't fit on the body of my Nikon D40, but I was wondering if there was any kind of converter, adapter or compatibility equipment I can buy so I can use this lens with my digital. Thanks!

Assuming you can find an adapter for [whatever brand the lens was made for] to Nikon, chances are you'll lose major functionality, such as autofocus.

Nikon has a " funny " mount , on a film camera there might be problems of lens to film plane distance ( The film plane is usually marked on the top plate a film camera ) , you can forget about the distance scale being accurate , because of that film ( or digital equivalent ) register you may not get infinity focus , the lens may have be stopped down to working aperture .

It's all worked out very precisely , IF you can get an adaptor of Ebay or similar , you have to remember the adaptor would be engineered for the Nikon mount on one side and whatever the other mount is on the other side , so that adaptor would be a bit thick in width .

You'll have to start digging on the internet for information .

Apparently Canon as the EOS mount has a big wide throat is better for putting on these other mounts with an adaptor .