Lenses

[Msmotu]

I am new to photography. I've been given several lenses. They are Quantaray lenses. How do I find out what cameras they can be used on?

 

[PavementPilot]

Well I would start off googling each model number off of each lens and see what comes up.

 

[Dao]

If you do not have the docs or box that shipped with the lens, you may need to take a photo of the lens especially the lens mount and show it here.

 

[Msmotu]

Thanks for the quick replies!

 

[enzodm]

The most important thing is the mount, as Quantaray did likely lenses for different camera brands (same lens, different mount). If you shoot pictures of the back part, most likely someone here will recognize it. And put here numbers you find on the front collar.
By the way, if mount is just a screw, will be most likely M42, that can be used with an adapter on almost any camera excluding Nikon.
However, if they are old (like M42), they will not have autofocus nor other automatic functions, so you will have to work old style.

 

[KmH]

You can visit Wikipedia and look at lens mounts:

Nikon uses the F-mount: Nikon F-mount - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Canon uses the EF and EF-S mount: Canon EF lens mount - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Canon EF-S lens mount - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pentax uses the K-mount: Pentax K mount - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

and you'll find a more extensive list here:
Lens mount - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia