Will this fit?

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Just looking at a lens on ebay and wondered if it'd fit a Canon 400D ??

Description says:
"Orig Canon 50mm f1.8 FD-FIT ' +UV FILTER 'standard prime A+ condition"
 
You'd need an FD to EOS adapter. If we were living 20 or so years ago you'd be cursing Canon. Some of us still do, even though we don't buy their stuff.
 
Basically, no, it won't fit. You need Canon EF or EF-S lenses, but not FD, which refer's to Canon's old (pre-1987) manual focus mount.

There are two different types of FD-to-EF (aka FD-to-EOS) adapters. But they both have problems.
  • One type is just a mechanical coupling that allows the lens to fit on your camera. It's cheap. But it's manual focus, it probably won't meter properly, you'll have to set the aperture manually, and you'll probably lose the ability to focus at infinity.
  • The other type has glass corrective elements to enable the infinity focus. Canon made some of them so that people with big expensive FD telephotos could still use them on EOS cameras. Still manual everything, and plus these are expensive and rare as hen's teeth. And probably not compatible with anything other than big telephotos.
Look for a Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 (the "nifty fifity"). Cheap as chips, but very very sharp and great value fr money.
 
Thanks :)
Glad I checked first!
I wondered why they were so cheap...... I'll have to find me a nifty fifty, it was seeing how quick they sell on here and the rave reviews that made me think it'd be a good idea to get one to start my collection off. Just need to learn what bits will go with what :bonk:
Thanks for explaining :)
 
Cheers :thumbs:
 
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