bnsf

I remember purchasing my first upgraded Full frame DSLR Camera. I knew what I was going to purchase. It was going to be an upgrade for my Sony a77M2 Camera and wanted a full frame fast photos per second with a large megapixel camera along with not spending over $4,000 for the camera. After doing some shopping I found that Sony released the new a99M2. Upon doing more research on this camera I found that it was a 44 megapixel camera 12 fps and a full frame a mount camera thinking that my lenses I was using would work on this new camera. Boy was I mistaken. Purchased the camera and began taking photo which I did not notice the difference between the two cameras until I started going to the camera classes and was trying the different lenses that they had in the camera store for this camera. I felt like a little child that I did not listen to my father when he told me to purchase the proper items for this new camera. Tried the new lens and took two photos and purchased my news lenses and traded my old lenses in. Seems that these new lenses work for both full and non full frame cameras and do they take wonderful photos. It really pays to invest in the higher priced lenses when you upgrade into a better camera. Check with the camera company first and see if your lenses will work with your new camera and if not spend the money and upgrade.

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

Not to appear like a know it all, that is why I stuck with Nikon. They committed to owners not to change mount. i am using some lenses from the 70's film cameras on my current Nikon DSLR'S.

Clemens Loc: Maryland

Has nothing to do with the brand. He used his old lenses (which are designed for a cropped sensor) on his new full frame sensor camera

ken_stern Loc: Yorba Linda, Ca

You also can stick with Canon for the same reasons

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

That's just not accurate. My old canon Fd lenses could not be mounted on any eos camera. (without an adapter)

bnsf

It pays to pitchsde good lenses when you ftrst purchase your camera regardless who the manufacture is.

bnsf

It pays to purchase good lenses when you first purchase your camera regardless who the manufacture is. Dont be cheap when you purchase an expensive camera body. The lens takes are the eyes of the camera, just as the eyes are the lenses of the brain.

asiafish Loc: Bakersfield, CA

Sony didn't change their mount either, just he went from crop to full-frame, and crop lenses (on any brand) won't usually cover full-frame image circle.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

"The eyes are the groin of the head."
Dwight Schrute

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

But the body can handle the situation gracefully or not. Does a crop lens vignette on a Sony FF body? Essentially any Pentax lens, dating back to the 1950's, will work on any Pentax camera; the FF K-1 recognizes crop lenses and crops the sensor to match image circle provided by the lens {but user can over-ride this behavior}

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

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I have an idea that I used when I bought my A99. I went to ebay and bought old Minolta AF lenses, a 20 2.8, 24 2.8, 28 2.8, a 50 and 100 mm micro, a 50 1.4, I also bought the Minolta 200mm 2.8. These lenses will never wear out, all metal construction and work perfectly on your camera. They are inexpensive and sharp, sharp, sharp. Buy mint if you can, you will be happy.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Yes, that is a nuisance. I have a Sony A6000, and I ordered a lens from Amazon. Luckily, I found out in time that it was not an E-mount, so I could cancel. With Nikon, any Nikon lens will fit.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

And Canon clearly indicates which lenses are for their crop-frame cameras and which work on both. And then they indicate which lenses are of higher quality with the "L" designation.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

But will it work?? I don't believe it is quite as "clean" as Pentax.

I recall past discussions here that reminded me of farmer McDonald, with an AI instead of an EI.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

But you can put every EF lens onto every EOS body from 1987 thru today and have full functionality which is not the same for Nikon's alphabet soup of lenses ....