Re: Are EOS EF-S Lenses Usable on EOS IX APS Camera

"panabiker" <ghuang@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>I am thinking of getting a cheap EOS IX body to use with my "digital"
> lenses. I know the lens mount is the same and the coverage is
> sufficient for APS-C. My question has to do with whether the rear
> element of the EF-S would interfere with anything in the IX body.

EF-S lenses have a small (useless) flange on the back to prevent you using

them on FF cameras. I had a tech guy machine off the flange on one of my
"s" 
lenses to see what would happen on a 5D.

Terrible, absolutely terrible viganetting but croped down to the 1.6
factor 
size it was intended for and it worked fine. It's a pretty common 
modification and it had no effect on the lens other than to make it fit on
a 
EF mount.

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