Comments on: Can old lenses from the 70s fit on to the Canon EOS series? http://www.canoneosrebelcamerablog.com/canon-lenses/can-old-lenses-from-the-70s-fit-on-to-the-canon-eos-series Canon EOS | Great Reviews | Great Information | Great Product Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:13:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: anthony h http://www.canoneosrebelcamerablog.com/canon-lenses/can-old-lenses-from-the-70s-fit-on-to-the-canon-eos-series/comment-page-1#comment-520 anthony h Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:18:59 +0000 http://www.canoneosrebelcamerablog.com/canon-lenses/can-old-lenses-from-the-70s-fit-on-to-the-canon-eos-series#comment-520 If you have old manual focus Canon lenses from the 70's, they won't fit a modern EOS digital or film autofocus SLR. When Canon moved to autofocus, they totally changed the mount so that the older manual focus lenses won't mount and meter. There are adapters, but they have severe limitations, like an inability to focus to infinity and no metering. So, forget the old lenses; they aren't going to work. Just get him the camera with a new lens and look forward.<br><b>References : </b><br> If you have old manual focus Canon lenses from the 70's, they won't fit a modern EOS digital or film autofocus SLR.

When Canon moved to autofocus, they totally changed the mount so that the older manual focus lenses won't mount and meter.

There are adapters, but they have severe limitations, like an inability to focus to infinity and no metering.

So, forget the old lenses; they aren't going to work. Just get him the camera with a new lens and look forward.
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]]> By: Pooky http://www.canoneosrebelcamerablog.com/canon-lenses/can-old-lenses-from-the-70s-fit-on-to-the-canon-eos-series/comment-page-1#comment-519 Pooky Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:57:59 +0000 http://www.canoneosrebelcamerablog.com/canon-lenses/can-old-lenses-from-the-70s-fit-on-to-the-canon-eos-series#comment-519 No they don't. The new ones communicate electronically with the camera--the old one has prongs (etc) thus mechanically worked with the old bodies.<br><b>References : </b><br> No they don't. The new ones communicate electronically with the camera–the old one has prongs (etc) thus mechanically worked with the old bodies.
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