\\'anderer
Adventurer
I just purchased A Canon digital rebel XTI for my wife and myself for christmas. I can't wait for it to arrive. I purchased the kit zoom lens it was only $50 more than the body alone. We also have a collection of Canon film camereas both manual and autofocus.
From doing some reading I see that because of the digital sensor size compared to the film size, the focal lengths that I'm familiar with will be different, no problem. what I want to know Is;
1. I have some really nice manual focus lenses I want to keep. Is there any drawback (picture quality) to using the film lenses on the digital. (With an adaptor of course).
2. Can I use the digital lens on the film camera, or because of the smaller lens will it look like I'm looking out of a porthole?
3. Do I sell all my old lenses and use that money for a quality zoom. (the old lenses range from 17mm to 300mm all fixed focal length)
As many of you have stated in other posts "get a quality lens" . I'm hoping my acient manual focus lenses will do the job, and I'll use the cheapie zoom when I dont want to carry around a 50lb camera bag.
From doing some reading I see that because of the digital sensor size compared to the film size, the focal lengths that I'm familiar with will be different, no problem. what I want to know Is;
1. I have some really nice manual focus lenses I want to keep. Is there any drawback (picture quality) to using the film lenses on the digital. (With an adaptor of course).
2. Can I use the digital lens on the film camera, or because of the smaller lens will it look like I'm looking out of a porthole?
3. Do I sell all my old lenses and use that money for a quality zoom. (the old lenses range from 17mm to 300mm all fixed focal length)
As many of you have stated in other posts "get a quality lens" . I'm hoping my acient manual focus lenses will do the job, and I'll use the cheapie zoom when I dont want to carry around a 50lb camera bag.