lenses compatible with EOS?

[HockeyFan]

I would like to know of other camera manufacturers whose lenses are fully compatible (maybe with a converter) with EOS dslrs. I've heard of people using Nikkor lenses with EOS cameras. I've wondered what other manufacturers lenses will work. My reason for asking is that I'm needing a second camera, but would like to be able to share lenses, if at all possible, even if it's a one-way share.

[spencer28n]

Lenses to Fit Canon EOS at B&H

There are a few different manufacturers.
Bower, Sigma, Tamron, and many other lenses can be used with adapters.

[inkista]

With adapter rings:

• Nikon F (not G, there's no aperture ring with G-mount lenses so no way to control aperture)
• Contax/Yashica (Not Contax G (rangefinder). Contax N only if it's been converted it EOS by Conurus to autofocus on Canon).
• Leica-R (not Leica M (rangefinder)).
• Pentax-K
• M42
• Olympus OM (Not the current four-thirds Olympus lenses)
• medium format lenses--most commonly, Hasselblad, Zeiss, and Pentax 645.

The two mounts you want to stay away from, unless you're happy ripping mounts off the back of lenses and machining things, are Minolta MD and Canon FD. Typically, you're looking at manual-focus only lenses. Be sure you can live with that. But yeah, a lot of guys on the Fred Miranda boards shoot dual system, and if the lens is manual focus anyway (say, a Zeiss ZF lens), then it makes perfect sense to share it this way. I've bought AF-confirm chipped adapters for OM, C/Y, and Leica R on eBay from big_is and happypageHK, and been very happy.

Your two best sources of information on this stuff are the mflenses.com forum, and the Fred Mirand Alt. Gear forum. Here's the chart I use to determine which mounts can be adapted to what. (I found it on mflenses.com).

[OsmosisStudios]

Originally Posted by inkista

With adapter rings:

• Nikon F (not G, there's no way to control the aperture ring with G-mount lenses)

How are people getting the 14-24 f/2.8 G to work on a Canon body?

[inkista]

Originally Posted by OsmosisStudios

How are people getting the 14-24 f/2.8 G to work on a Canon body?

The 16:9 adapter (those are the same guys who pretty much sealed the 14-24's reputation in the alt lens Canon crowd with their reviews of same). It's about $300, and the wait to get one is months long by all reports, and the guy may not be making them anymore, as it's a hobby business. That's why I don't really consider it a feasible route, but yeah, there is a way to control the aperture, it just ain't easy or cheap. If you're one of the mount-ripper guys, you can also DIY up a way to engage the aperture control tab on the lens, but it's more than your average shooter wants to take on.

Or, you can just shoot with the lens wide open all the time. For some lenses, this isn't such a problem (e.g., 35/1.8).

One of the guys on Fred Miranda jokingly suggests that if you really want to use the 14-24 on full frame that bad, you should get the ultimate adapter: a D700.