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Title: Will this lens fit?
Post by: 126andy on April 21, 2010, 10:35:11 PM
I have someone who has this lens  CANON LENS FD 50mm 1:1.8 S.C. It was on a Cannon AE1 He also has a SAKAR MC ZOOM/C-MACRO 1:4.5 f=80-200mm lens Will either one of these fit on my Cannon 30D camera? Thanks


Title: Re: Will this lens fit?
Post by: Bob Atkins on April 21, 2010, 11:36:29 PM
No, sorry, they won't. FD lenses will not fit on Canon EOS bodies. The lens mount is completely different.

Adapters do exist, but for a number of reasons as outlined in these articles, I wouldn't recommend them:

http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/eosfaq/manual_focus_EOS.html

http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/reviews/canon_fd_eos_adapters.html