New Here, Few ?s

[ShortHairedTornado]

Hello everyone, ny name is Chris. I'm a slight newb when it comes to Cameras. My grandfather just gave me a Canon 30D with 3 extra lens. I am looking for a film Camera that I can also use these lens on. I would love a Nikon F3/t but I believe the lens are not compatable. Is there any mount or modification that I could do to use my Lens on the Nikon? From my research there is no equal to a Nikon F3/t that cannon makes....

Thanks in advance for the help.

Chris

 

[Dave442]

I have the D200 which was the competition for the 30D back in the day. Many of the lenses bought then were for these crop sensor cameras so they could be limited on a 35mm film camera. Generally people are adapting old lenses they had for a film camera to a digital camera. Lenses are made to work with the distance from the camera mount to the film plane distance (the little circle with a line through it) and that is different for most camera makes.

I would look at the lenses you received, if they are good then just get another Canon digital camera. Or just put everything in manual on the 30D and it will be like shooting with film camera from the early 80's, and a lot cheaper.

For the Nikon F3/T I would just find some Nikon glass of that vintage.

 

[Derrel]

I would buy any of the Canon EOS 35mm film SLR's to use Canon EF lenses; the Canon EF-S lenses are not supposed to be used on Canon film cameras. The Canon Rebel X-series 35mm film cameras are small,light, and very,very affordable. I even own one! Got it with a Sigma 70-210mm f/4~5.6 lens for $29 a couple years ago.

NIKON lenses can easily be adapted to work on Canon digital or film bodies with inexpensive, glassless adapters, but the reverse is not really true. The Nikon F3 Titanium was a nifty camera...the Canon F1 new model is also a stellar 35mm camera...a real tank!

 

[Buckster]

The long and the short of it is that you'll get no joy trying to get the more modern EF or EF-S Canon lenses mounted onto a Nikon body and then getting satisfactory use of the whole thing as an operable shooting system.

In fact, you may not get any joy trying to get them mounted on an older Canon film camera, if shooting film is what you're after. If they're EF lenses, and you try to put them on a Canon body made after 1987, it should work fine. But if they're EF-S lenses, they'll only fit a Canon camera made after 2003 that is made to fit the EF-S lens mount, and not all of them do - only the aps-c variety will.

Your best bet is to find lenses made for the system mount they were designed for. In the case of older film cameras like the Nikon that has your interest, you'll find them on Ebay or KEH or a few other places that sell older, used gear. The good news is that they're usually less expensive than modern lenses because they're usually all manual lenses, used, and you're taking something of a chance that they're still in great shooting shape (KEH can be trusted, everything else is iffy).

 

[ShortHairedTornado]

One of the lenses is Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens. I would like to find a canon film that could use this lense.

 

[ShortHairedTornado]

Thanks again for all the help and the speedy replys. I just enjoy film as a medium. I feel the pictures come out better ( I know I most likly just opened a can of worms but so be it... )

 

[Kyle M.]

If you wanna try film on the cheap check out the EOS 35mm line. You can probably pick up something like a Rebel 2000 with an 18-55 lens fairly cheap. I also really liked the Elan 7. But be careful shooting 35mm film is a slippery slope that leads to developing your own B&W, then color, and finally slides, and then you might just jump into medium format or large format. Trust me I know I've been there.

 

[Derrel]

One of the lenses is Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens. I would like to find a canon film that could use this lense.

That lens will work fine on all of the EOS film bodies, and will make a nice, general-use zoom lens on 35mm film.

 

[ShortHairedTornado]

What would the top of the line EOS Film be that could use my lens? I figure if im going to spend the money I may as well do it right the first time. My grandfather owned a dark room for most of my life until he got to old to do it any more. I was looking at this....Canon EOS Elan 7E 35mm Film Camera with Sigma 75 300mm Lens Manual Original Box 082966124068 eBay I have no issue spending more, but would like to keep it under 500 if possible.

Thanks again you guys rock!

 

[ShortHairedTornado]

Or for that money should I just find a Nikon F3/T?

 

[Kyle M.]

The absolute top of the line film EOS is the EOS 1V, not sure if you'll find a nice one for under $500 or not. I'm not sure what F3/T's are going for today but I bought a mint regular F3 for $200 a year and a half ago, I picked up the 50mm 1.4 lens for about $125.

 

[ShortHairedTornado]

Would the nikon be a better camera than the Eos 1v?

 

[Kyle M.]

I would say build quality wise their pretty similar. The Nikon is basically a fully manual slr with a electronic shutter and a built in light meter. It has aperature priority, and full manual modes, no full auto, plus it is manual focus. The Canon is autofocus has auto wind/rewind whereas the Nikon is manual, plus the canon has full auto, shutter priority, aperture priority, and manual, and tons of other modes features. As far as whats better that depends on what you want, if you want manual focus and full manual operation the F3 is for you, if you want auto focus and the capability for fully automatic then the Canon. I'll let others who have more experience chime in with their opinion. Personally if I was going back to film I'd go with the Nikon, I like manual focus, and I like to shoot in full manual mode, and theres just something about the feel of a mostly mechanical slr.

 

[ShortHairedTornado]

How outdated is the Canon 30d?

 

[Gary A.]

You would be served better if you just dedicate and use one system for digital and a separate system for film. Going electronic to mechanical to Canon to Nikon is unwieldily at best.