Canon Lenses Interchangeable?

yes, but they will be zoomed in a little further then their numbers state due to the size of the ccd being smaller then that of a frame of film. I think the conversion factor is like 1.4x. I could be wrong though.
 
I am not a Canon shooter (So Canonites correct me if I am wrong), however they have changed their mount over the years. Their newest mount is the EF mount and lenses are sold as EF or EF-S the difference being the size of your "film" where EF-S lenses are made for the smaller digital sensors found in the 20D 30D while the EF are meant for full frame 35mm film cameras and 5D, 1D series camera's. Their older mounts would not work on a new camera without the aid of an adapter.

Nikon has a similar "DX" lens lineup that is for their digital bodies only, the lenses will mount too a 35mm film camera however you will suffer vignetting around the edges of your images. Nikon however has not changed lens mounts and older lenses are also compatible with new DSLR's
 
Beerguy, both EF and EFS will work on the smaller sensor digitals correct? I guess its the same mount with simply different angle of views...less glass in the EFS versions.
 
Not all of them. The 10D can't use EF-S. Since the lens that he's asking about is from a film camera it's not EF-S so it really doesn't matter.


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No problem on the sig.

Will have too look into the 10D and why it cannot use the EFS if its not full frame, that seems odd.
 
That's easy. The 10D was made before EF-S existed. To make the image circle smaller, they moved the sensor and mirror box forward. EF-S lenses protrude into the body and would interfere with the mirror.
 
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