Silly question top award: Years ago I bought a Canon 500D 77mm add on for macros from B&H. Sold it years ago and recently got sent a question from a potential buyer of the attachment...

phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York

Years ago I bought a Canon 500D 77mm add on for macros from B&H. Sold it years ago and recently got sent a question from a potential buyer of the attachment asking: "Will it work on a Nikon D800?"

What more is there to say? :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

tradio Loc: Oxford, Ohio

Interesting question

phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York

tradio wrote:

Interesting question

I ultimately couldn't figure out how to answer it...

Mr PC Loc: Austin, TX

But will it work? Inquiring minds want to know...

Capture48 Loc: Arizona

phlash46 wrote:

Years ago I bought a Canon 500D 77mm add on for macros from B&H. Sold it years ago and recently got sent a question from a potential buyer of the attachment asking: "Will it work on a Nikon D800?"

What more is there to say? :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Define the add-on. If you are talking about a 77mm filter, it will work on any 77mm lens.

Photographer Jim Loc: Rio Vista, CA

Capture48 wrote:

Define the add-on. If you are talking about a 77mm filter, it will work on any 77mm lens.

I was about to commen this same thing. Canon does make a 77mm "filter style" close up lens that screws into the front of a normal camera lens. If this is what the OP is referring to, then yes, it will work on any brand lens that accepts a 77mm filter.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Photographer Jim wrote:

I was about to commen this same thing. Canon does make a 77mm "filter style" close up lens that screws into the front of a normal camera lens. If this is what the OP is referring to, then yes, it will work on any brand lens that accepts a 77mm filter.

Mr. Google can usually provide enough information to answer things like this. Perhaps the confusing thing is that Canon has two things with 500D designation, one an EOS 500D camera, the other a close up lens.

The question does illustrate a lack of basic understanding.

However, the 500D is a high quality close up lens that can be fitted to any lens with, in this case, a 77mm filter size or smaller with step up rings.

I have one of these.

From the Manufacturer
These close-up attachments can be used with most EF lense to provide a shorter minimum focusing distance with no loss of light. The 250D/500D series incorporates double-element achromatic design for maximum optical performance while the 500 series features single-element construction for maximum economy. The 250D is optimized for lenses between 50-135mm, while the 500D works best with telephoto lenses from 70-300mm. Manual focusing is recommended.

Capture48 Loc: Arizona

Peterff wrote:

Mr. Google can usually provide enough information ... (show quote)

I think you are making an assumption since the OP does not specify if the add-on is a filter or not. Hoya makes a 77mm filter close up that will work on any lens.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=122145&gclid=CjwKEAjw4PCfBRCz966N9pvJ4GASJAAEdM_KsuYSzH8FurN9lQSohPjAMGHVMVRUgdT1RVc5gEn7qBoCJJ7w_wcB&Q=&is=REG&A=details

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Capture48 wrote:

I think you are making an assumption since the OP does not specify if the add-on is a filter or not. Hoya makes a 77mm filter close up that will work on any lens.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=122145&gclid=CjwKEAjw4PCfBRCz966N9pvJ4GASJAAEdM_KsuYSzH8FurN9lQSohPjAMGHVMVRUgdT1RVc5gEn7qBoCJJ7w_wcB&Q=&is=REG&A=details

If you read the original post it says 77mm Canon 500D along with the description to identify it as a specific Canon product.

Not much of an assumption in this case.

Capture48 Loc: Arizona

So I misunderstood his question, but the 500D I think he is talking about is a filter, not a lens and will work on any 77mm lens. At least thats what I got when I googled it. Though they do say its optimized for a canon. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=87494&gclid=CjwKEAjw4PCfBRCz966N9pvJ4GASJAAEdM_K-_6OY_MAOOP4iAiC_RuCcXHQUuCmcZ9eRk27a4AG7xoCIujw_wcB&Q=&is=REG&A=details

phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York

Photographer Jim wrote:

I was about to commen this same thing. Canon does make a 77mm "filter style" close up lens that screws into the front of a normal camera lens. If this is what the OP is referring to, then yes, it will work on any brand lens that accepts a 77mm filter.

Most everyone is missing the point. It's a magnifying filter (not a camera, how can a camera be 77mm??!!). Why is someone who is spending three thousand dollars on just a body asking if it will work on a camera rather than a lens??

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Capture48 wrote:

So I misunderstood his question, but the 500D I think he is talking about is a filter, not a lens and will work on any 77mm lens. At least thats what I got when I googled it. Though they do say its optimized for a canon. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=87494&gclid=CjwKEAjw4PCfBRCz966N9pvJ4GASJAAEdM_K-_6OY_MAOOP4iAiC_RuCcXHQUuCmcZ9eRk27a4AG7xoCIujw_wcB&Q=&is=REG&A=details

Looks like we have answered the question twice, and with the same information, from multiple sources.

Could be a first for UHH!
:D

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

phlash46 wrote:

Most everyone is missing the point. It's a magnifying filter (not a camera, how can a camera be 77mm??!!). Why is someone who is spending three thousand dollars on just a body asking if it will work on a camera rather than a lens??

Perhaps because money and sense do not necessarily have a direct relationship to one another ?

I was just trying to be polite when I said the person's question showed a lack of basic understanding. Ignorance would be another word, but we are all guilty of that to one degree or another .

Take care.

amehta Loc: Boston

phlash46 wrote:

Years ago I bought a Canon 500D 77mm add on for macros from B&H. Sold it years ago and recently got sent a question from a potential buyer of the attachment asking: "Will it work on a Nikon D800?"

What more is there to say? :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

I don't think this is such a silly question. One does not usually expect a Canon product to work on Nikon gear, so the person being uncertain makes sense.

amehta Loc: Boston

phlash46 wrote:

Most everyone is missing the point. It's a magnifying filter (not a camera, how can a camera be 77mm??!!). Why is someone who is spending three thousand dollars on just a body asking if it will work on a camera rather than a lens??

They might be using "Nikon D800" as a way to describe the whole system.