Nikon lens on a Canon?

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Perhaps a daft question but I was chatting to a guy in Calumet who said that a Nikon lens could most likely be used on a Canon but everything would be manual.

Does anyone know if this is correct or partially true?
 
99% true. The G series lenses that require power to use, like the tilt shift lenses cannot, and the lenses with VR would not have VR on an EOS body, but other wise you can use just about any Nikon F mount lens on a Canon EOS body (but you can't go the other way around).
 
Good pro friend has a lot of Nikon lens and was offering some to me recently. I wasn't sure if they had different contacts and could short out my camera or something lol

To clarify, I can use the F mount lenses (how can I tell what's an F mount?) but if I want to be able to use the auto functions I need the adapter? Or am I reading this wrong? :)
 
Simplest solution ... :suspect: ... buy a Nikon body to go with all that class glass you can get your mitts on ... ;)







:p
 
To clarify, I can use the F mount lenses (how can I tell what's an F mount?) but if I want to be able to use the auto functions I need the adapter? Or am I reading this wrong? :)[/QUOTE]

you need the adapter no matter what ,,,,,dont try and mount a nikon onto a canon without the adapter ...or vv
 
:agree:

You will need and adapter to fit the Nikon lens on the Canon body, the mounts are physically different and you will lose all the auto functions.
 
Venomator said:
Simplest solution ... :suspect: ... buy a Nikon body to go with all that class glass you can get your mitts on ... ;)

:p
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I've been seriously tempted! He's got some D1's going for free to me but he said they were only 6MP although online says different I think. I really need to think about all this!

Thanks for all the advice etc, mucho appreciated :thumbs:
 
Free Professional cameras are Free professional cameras, even if it has a low MP count.
 
gman said:
I've been seriously tempted! He's got some D1's going for free to me but he said they were only 6MP although online says different I think. I really need to think about all this!

Thanks for all the advice etc, mucho appreciated :thumbs:
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and whats wrong with ONLY 6mp ???:bat::naughty:
 
gman said:
I've been seriously tempted! He's got some D1's going for free to me but he said they were only 6MP although online says different I think. I really need to think about all this!

Thanks for all the advice etc, mucho appreciated :thumbs:
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:eek: ONLY 6 mp's on a pro camera, for free!?!? Get them while you can mate! Dont forget they will 6 of the best megapixels money could buy at the time and wont exactly be shoddy now!
 
Cool, think I'll grab one and give it a shot. I'm scared about being tempted by the dark side lol
 
gman said:
Cool, think I'll grab one and give it a shot. I'm scared about being tempted by the dark side lol
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Don't be we are quite nice really...............at first anyway:)
 
Just give me a list of the glass he wants to offload and his email address...;)
 
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