Is my Elan IIe Lens Compatible

[mcpilot]

Hello,

I have a Canon ElanIIe 35mm slr. I am in the market for a new digital camera and was wondering if I could use my lenses from the Elan on a digital Canon SLR. The lens I have is a Canon EF 28-80mm Zoom 1:3.5-5.6 Ultrasonic.

I also have a Speedlite 420EX that would be nice to use too....

Thanks

mcpilot

[David Metsky]

Yes, your lens will work fine. There is a 1.5x crop factor with the dSLRs, so your 28-80 will work like a 42-120mm lens, but otherwise it'll work.

I assume the flash will work as well, but I'll let others with direct experience answer that one.

-dave-

[mcpilot]

Does the crop factor mean that I will not get everything in the image that I see through the lens?

[cdifoto]

Does the crop factor mean that I will not get everything in the image that I see through the lens?


It's actually a 1.6x crop factor but what it basically means is you'll have focal length time 1.6. You WILL get what you see through the lens but what you see will be different. A 50mm lens essentially becomes an 80mm lens. 50 x 1.6 = 80. You'll probably discover that your once ideal 28-80 is now quite useless as it doesn't really go wide enough to be wide angle, and it's not long enough to be telephoto. It's a good range for film but the 18-50ish range is more suited for digital.

The 420EX is relatively modern. It'll work fine.

[mcpilot]

Can you tell me what you think of the Digital Rebel (350d)

That is the camera that I am interested in 8mp

[cdifoto]

Can you tell me what you think of the Digital Rebel (350d)

That is the camera that I am interested in 8mp

There are reviews on it on this very site and plenty of threads discussing it. It's a good camera. Digital equivalent to the film Rebels (obviously - same names).

[coldrain]

The 28-80 will work, but you will not be happy with the results... The lens is not stellar, but that will show much more on digital than it will on film, probably. I have a 28-80 USM II like that and well... it is not pretty, although I do not know if the optics are the same as your 28-80 USM, maybe Canon cut corners there back then... It was after all a cheap kit lens.