Paul Furman wrote:
> Colin_D wrote:
>> Paul Furman wrote:
>>> Dudley Hanks wrote:
>>>
>>>> Also, for people with older Canon 35mm EOS cameras,
>>>> interchangeability with older EF lenses is great, same with older
>>>> flash units. While the older items don't have all the functionality
>>>> of the newer equivalents, functionality is very respectable.
>>>
>>> This comment applies much more to Nikon than Canon (compatibility of
>>> old lenses).
>>
>> That depends on your notion of interchangeability. Sure, when Canon
>> axed the FD mount in favor of the EF (EOS) mount, it obsoleted all the
>> FD lenses, but the totally redesigned EF mount - now 20-odd years old
>> - accepts every EF lens on every EOS camera with no exceptions apart
>> from the EF-S lenses designed for the crop-sensor cameras.
>>
>> Nikon, on the other hand, have lenses which fit the cameras but on
>> some bodies the metering doesn't work, or the auto focusing fails
>> because there's no focus motor in some bodies, or the lenses without
>> aperture rings can't be used on non-auto bodies because there's no way
>> to set the aperture.
>>
>> IMHO I prefer Canon's clean-break approach rather than Nikon's
>> hodge-podge of half-working lenses and bodies.
>
> I don't know why people keep turning this into an issue. Anyone who
> wants put some strange 40 year old lens on their camera is going to be
> willing to spend a little time to figure out how it works. I never heard
> of anyone seeking out a 20 year old Canon lens.
Well, Paul, you just did that with your remark above about compatibility
of old lenses, in answer to Dudley.
The only reason anyone wants to put a 20-year-old lens on a camera is
either they believe it is somehow superior to newer lenses, or it is
cheaper - a powerful reason to convince yourself that it is better than
a more expensive new lens. However, with Canon they can and it will
work, period. With Nikon they can, but will it work? Maybe.
Colin D.
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