Use Nikon AF50mm F/1.8 Lens with Rebel 2000?

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Can I use the Nikon 50mm F/1.8 lens with the Canon EOS Rebel 2000 body? I prefer the Nikon lens over the Canon 50mm F/1.8. Will this work? Thanks.

-- Craig Buxton (cbuxton@iastate.edu), January 28, 2002

Answers

No !!!!! no,no,no.

nikon lenses work with nikon bodies. canon lenses work with canon bodies.

they are NOT interchangeable.

ciao venkat

-- Venkat (venkat_p_iyer@yahoo.com), January 28, 2002.


If you really want to you can buy an adapter.

http://www.cameraquest.com/adapreos.htm

http://teladesign.com/photo/manual-lenses.html

I don't see the point, myself. You'll lose the main advantages of Canon EOS - quick accurate autofocussing and electronically controlled apertures - at relatively little gain.

I'd only mess around with adapters if there's a huge cost savings or if you're looking to adapt a rare or expensive lens. The Nikon 50mm 1.8 doesn't represent either, in my opinion.

-- NK Guy (tela@tela.bc.ca), January 28, 2002.


Thanks for the quick answers! I'll be getting the Canon with the Canon 50mm F/1.8 lens. Thanks again.

-- Craig Buxton (cbuxton@iastate.edu), January 28, 2002.

I might add that the Canon 50mm F1.8 is a very fine lens optically. If you can find a mark I version, so much the better.

-- Isaac Sibson (isibson@hotmail.com), January 29, 2002.

Sorry about the adapter stuff..i myself was not aware of that. though it still does not seem logical to me.

i myself have the canon eos-300 and the 50 mm f1.8 lens. it really is a neat lens. i got the lens just recently and am damn pleased with it.

ciao venkat

-- Venkat (venkat_p_iyer@yahoo.com), January 29, 2002.



me again

and yeah...issac is right...the mark I model of the lens is said to have a better build quality...has some more of metal in the body...the mark II is all plastic...not that it bothers me...just in case ur interested.

ciao venkat

-- Venkat (venkat_p_iyer@yahoo.com), January 29, 2002.


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