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Which One? Anonymous
Hey /p/ , I need major help! I am going to buy an entry level DSLR. I am debating between a Nikon D40 or a Canon Digital Rebel XTi. I have some old Canon lenses but I don't know if they would work with the XTi. (How would you tell?) Opinions? I know you have them.
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>> Anonymous
if they're too old, they won't work with the rebel. If it's an old manual focus FD mount, it's not going to work, EOS mount will.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
If they have "EF" in the lens description, it'll work. E.g., "CANON LENS EF 50mm 1:1.8 II".

To what kind of camera are the lenses currently attached? If it's "EOS something" it'll work. If it's something like an AE-1, the no.

Oh, and if they're old and mount on an EOS body but aren't made by Canon, then it's iffy as to whether or not they'll work. A lot of old third-party lenses work only partially if at all on newer cameras because they had to work out the EF mount through trial and error and reverse engineering rather than just looking at the spec sheet.

I'd go with the XTi over the D40, but I'm a biased canonfag. The biggest technical difference between the two is that the XTi can autofocus with fast prime lenses whereas the Nikon D40 can't.

(The D40 doesn't have an internal focus motor, which is how Nikons have focused since the dawn of the autofocus era. Newer lenses are being made with a motor in the lens itself, but a *lot* of the cheap, good lenses out there don't have that yet, leaving you with the choice of sticking with a very limited lens selection or sticking with manual focus only)

Also: Saging for boring gear thread.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>115999
Lenses won't work. What you probably read was that the AE-1 was the first *autoexposure* SLR, which I think is true. It sure as hell wasn't the first SLR ever.

The flash will work, but only in manual mode. Which isn't really too bad.
>> Anonymous
>>116010
Like those M42-to-whatever or LTM to M adapters you see all the time.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>116013
Depends on the camera they're mounted on. If the flange-focal distance (the distance between the lens mount and the focal plane) is longer on the to-be-adapted system than the adapted-onto system, then no. Other way around, yes. Canons have a reasonably short flange-focal distance, which is why you can get pretty good adapters to use Nikon lenses on a Canon but not vice versa. The Four Thirds system has the shortest flange focal distance of any major SLR line, which means you can theoretically mount just about anything on one.
>> CANONFAGS!!! Pictures Anonymous
Hey all of you Canonfags! OP here. About the XTi since it looks like this is the one. Anyone who has an XTi could you post a few pics that you took with it??? Please. I want to see what it produces. I am a youth and it is going to take all my savings so I need to be sure. POST PICS!!!
>> Blackadder !!bSWRwu/NqzQ
>>116135

Pictures from it are all over the internet and are not even required at that.

It will produce nice pictures just like any modern DSLR would with the right photographer and lens. There's not so much between them all nowadays. It'll be the lenses that you'll be spending more time and money on.
>> Anonymous
I HAVE AN XTi AND I AM FUCKING PROUD

let me first say the bad points:
1. NO, you can't use the old lenses. I've tried very hard. There is a way, but you'd lose a lot of image quality with all the adapter you'd need.
2. its a tad slow, but not bad at all

other than that It is awesome. and I love it very much
>> Anonymous
lol cannon fag
>> Anonymous
spend the extra money and buy a d80. the focus motor will save like jesus when you decide to buy some lenses