Q. I just bought a Canon 50mm f1.4 Lens online and I found out it is for FL Camera. Can I use the lens on Canon 30D? Can it fit on it?
Answer
Nope.
If the seller did not tell you it was an FL lens, then you can send it back.
ONLY EF and EF-S lenses can be used on the Canon 30D or 7D.
Yes for a little over $100 you can buy an adapter to MAKE the lens fit, but 1) you cannot focus at long distances like infinity 2) you will have to manually focus the lens and 3) metering will be iffy.
http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/eosfaq/manual_focus_EOS.html
"you don't get any sort of automatic iris operation. In most SLRs, focusing is done at full aperture, and if you stop the lens down to, say, f11, it remains fully open until just before exposure, then it stops down for the exposure and opens up again. This gives a brighter viewfinder image and makes focusing easier and more accurate. When these lenses are mounted on an EOS body, stop down metering must be used. That means that the lens is first focused at full aperture (for maximum accuracy), then manually stopped down to the shooting aperture before the shot is taken" ... Bob Atkins
Nope.
If the seller did not tell you it was an FL lens, then you can send it back.
ONLY EF and EF-S lenses can be used on the Canon 30D or 7D.
Yes for a little over $100 you can buy an adapter to MAKE the lens fit, but 1) you cannot focus at long distances like infinity 2) you will have to manually focus the lens and 3) metering will be iffy.
http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/eosfaq/manual_focus_EOS.html
"you don't get any sort of automatic iris operation. In most SLRs, focusing is done at full aperture, and if you stop the lens down to, say, f11, it remains fully open until just before exposure, then it stops down for the exposure and opens up again. This gives a brighter viewfinder image and makes focusing easier and more accurate. When these lenses are mounted on an EOS body, stop down metering must be used. That means that the lens is first focused at full aperture (for maximum accuracy), then manually stopped down to the shooting aperture before the shot is taken" ... Bob Atkins
Lens for Canon 7d all types of photography?
Brandon R
Ok well i think i have a better idea of what i want to do with my lenses but not really sure on which ones to get I've tested out 70-200 f4 and love it but its a little long for my 7d i find my self having to be amazingly far back.
Lens i have
50 1.8
Helios 44/2 Manual
28 - 135 kit
Canon Fd 24mm
Pentax Super Takura 50 1.4
I have more vintage lens but they were kind of passed down to me i don't use them often im looking for something new that's fit for the camera without adapters and magnification aspects.
What im looking to do :
Portrait - Mostly Outdoor but would still like to be able to do indoor in tight spaces (Don't have a studio)
Wildlife Just birds, random animals
Landscape
I would like to get more abstract maybe a fish eye but that's a special purpose lens so im in no rush for something i don't think i'll make money off of .
As for lens quality /contrast/ color etc. What do you think would be adequate for me to get im not to hung up on prime vs zoom but im talking about crop factors etc as to what im trying to do with photography.
All comments welcome good or bad :)
Thank you
Well the helios i aquired because i like the bokeh affect of it kind of swirly nothing more nothing less the other manuals were "GIVEN" to me...i didnt buy them because i think they are better by any means. I stated i dont even use them. The 70-200 because of indoor work which i already stated on a crop sensor when i dont have a huge studio to work with.
Answer
There is no perfect lens for all types of photography. You just need to learn how to use the lenses you already have well, before you start wishing for the "perfect" lens that will do magic for you. It really doesn't work that way. What is good for portraits, usually isn't for landscapes. But the trick is, it is possible to use one lens to shoot every kind of photography you want to do. But you seem to me like one of those people who will sit on the internet and spend more time sifting through specifications and MTF charts searching for the perfect lens than actually taking pictures. You waste your time with vintage lenses, you think that manual focus makes you a more authentic photographer, which is nonsense. I've been a photographer for over 15 years, about to start my own business, and I would never choose a manual focus lens, in a different mount, because I read somewhere that they make better images. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. I use what works well, and quickly. I don't have time to manually focus on things, the focus screens of all DSLR's aren't meant to be used with manual focus lenses, so why use them? Because you're in your 50's and you have a bunch of lenses you used on manual focus cameras before I was even born, or because you read somewhere that they make you a cooler photographer? Because for the money you'll spend on 3 or 5 of these vintage lenses, you could just invest in a real lens, like an EF 35mm f/1.4L and use it for basically everything you just wrote that you like to do. Sure, it costs $1400. But it's a good lens. Canon doesn't make lenses like that so that inexperienced noobs can't get them (like they all believe...it's all a conspiracy or something stupid like that), no....they make them because people who know better understand why they need them. That's all.
The truth is, you can do whatever you want with the lens you got with the 7D you bought. At this point, you don't even understand how these lenses work enough to even know why you need one. For example, you've tested the 70-200 f/4L and you say you can't use it because it's too long. Really? It's a zoom with a constant aperture and has the best image quality of any other lens outside of canon's 70-200mm group. How is that not a good lens. Your problem is, you don't really understand how to use it because even on a crop frame, I can't say I'd say the same thing that you did....it isn't right for you because you have to be amazingly far back? How close do you need to be to something? There will never be a suitable lens to a person like you, my friend. You expect too much from them when the truth is, it's the photographer that is the most important part of any camera system.
There is no perfect lens for all types of photography. You just need to learn how to use the lenses you already have well, before you start wishing for the "perfect" lens that will do magic for you. It really doesn't work that way. What is good for portraits, usually isn't for landscapes. But the trick is, it is possible to use one lens to shoot every kind of photography you want to do. But you seem to me like one of those people who will sit on the internet and spend more time sifting through specifications and MTF charts searching for the perfect lens than actually taking pictures. You waste your time with vintage lenses, you think that manual focus makes you a more authentic photographer, which is nonsense. I've been a photographer for over 15 years, about to start my own business, and I would never choose a manual focus lens, in a different mount, because I read somewhere that they make better images. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. I use what works well, and quickly. I don't have time to manually focus on things, the focus screens of all DSLR's aren't meant to be used with manual focus lenses, so why use them? Because you're in your 50's and you have a bunch of lenses you used on manual focus cameras before I was even born, or because you read somewhere that they make you a cooler photographer? Because for the money you'll spend on 3 or 5 of these vintage lenses, you could just invest in a real lens, like an EF 35mm f/1.4L and use it for basically everything you just wrote that you like to do. Sure, it costs $1400. But it's a good lens. Canon doesn't make lenses like that so that inexperienced noobs can't get them (like they all believe...it's all a conspiracy or something stupid like that), no....they make them because people who know better understand why they need them. That's all.
The truth is, you can do whatever you want with the lens you got with the 7D you bought. At this point, you don't even understand how these lenses work enough to even know why you need one. For example, you've tested the 70-200 f/4L and you say you can't use it because it's too long. Really? It's a zoom with a constant aperture and has the best image quality of any other lens outside of canon's 70-200mm group. How is that not a good lens. Your problem is, you don't really understand how to use it because even on a crop frame, I can't say I'd say the same thing that you did....it isn't right for you because you have to be amazingly far back? How close do you need to be to something? There will never be a suitable lens to a person like you, my friend. You expect too much from them when the truth is, it's the photographer that is the most important part of any camera system.
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