canon lens question: I recently purchased a canon 5ds-r camera. I was spoiled with the sigma 16-300mm, I believe and the tameron 18-400mm lens. I foolishly bought a canon ef 135 1:2 l...

ldcn Loc: Maine

I recently purchased a canon 5ds-r camera. I was spoiled with the sigma 16-300mm, I believe and the tameron 18-400mm lens. I foolishly bought a canon ef 135 1:2 l lens, not reealizing it had no wide angle capability. will the new L lens with a focus range shown give a zoom capability? Can anyone recommend a good zoom a good zoom lens that will work on this camera? Getting too old to completely understand the new technology.
Leigh

pmorin Loc: Huntington Beach, Palm Springs

ldcn wrote:

I recently purchased a canon 5ds-r camera. I was spoiled with the sigma 16-300mm, I believe and the tameron 18-400mm lens. I foolishly bought a canon ef 135 1:2 l lens, not reealizing it had no wide angle capability. will the new L lens with a focus range shown give a zoom capability? Can anyone recommend a good zoom a good zoom lens that will work on this camera? Getting too old to completely understand the new technology.
Leigh

Why not just buy adapters for the lenses you have.
But if you are looking to spend lots of cash, there are some very good Canon lenses available. It depends of course on your needs and the size of your wallet.
EF 16-35 L
EF 24-105 L
EF 28-300 L
EF 70-300 Nano
EF 100-400 L
There are several versions of each and I would say the latest models are the best ones.

User ID

Sell all the gear you mentioned. Get a zoom compact camera or a bridge camera to use. There’s really not enough bandwidth available to explain how seriously inappropriate your current gear is for needs and skills.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

pmorin wrote:

Why not just buy adapters for the lenses you have.
But if you are looking to spend lots of cash, there are some very good Canon lenses available. It depends of course on your needs and the size of your wallet.
EF 16-35 L
EF 24-105 L
EF 28-300 L
EF 70-300 Nano
EF 100-400 L
There are several versions of each and I would say the latest models are the best ones.

The OP’s camera is a a full frame DSLR, not the mirrorless. No adapters to use his APS-C lenses on it.
That 50mp camera body craves good glass and that won’t be inexpensive.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

pmorin wrote:

Why not just buy adapters for the lenses you have.
But if you are looking to spend lots of cash, there are some very good Canon lenses available. It depends of course on your needs and the size of your wallet.
EF 16-35 L
EF 24-105 L
EF 28-300 L
EF 70-300 Nano
EF 100-400 L
There are several versions of each and I would say the latest models are the best ones.

His current lenses are relatively mediocre consumer oriented super zooms intended for crop sensor cameras. Even if there was a way to adapt them to his new camera the result would not have made his new purchase worthwhile. Unfortunately the OP went out and spent a lot of money on a new camera without thinking it through. I just looked at a couple of dozen of his images taken with this camera. Most of his images lack sharpness. I would suggest the OP learn how to use the gear he has before spending any more money.

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pmorin wrote:

Why not just buy adapters for the lenses you have.
But if you are looking to spend lots of cash, there are some very good Canon lenses available. It depends of course on your needs and the size of your wallet.
EF 16-35 L
EF 24-105 L
EF 28-300 L
EF 70-300 Nano
EF 100-400 L
There are several versions of each and I would say the latest models are the best ones.

There is absolutely nothing useful in that whole post. It’s all nonsense. Just one single example, although the rest is about the same :-(

Example: Why would you recommend an adapter from EOS SLR to EOS SLR ? What does that accomplish ?

True, he did not specify that his current lenses are EOS mount, but given no mention that he switched from Nikon, and also given his cluelessness, it’s verrrrry doubtful that he switched brands.

User ID

mwsilvers wrote:

His current lenses are relatively mediocre consumer oriented super zooms intended for crop sensor cameras. Even if there was a way to adapt them to his new camera the result would not have ..........
............

Agreed the lenses are mediocre but you are the second reply to mention adapting. Yes I see you don’t recommend it ..... but what puzzles me is the very notion that these lenses would not already fit directly onto his new camera.

Do both of you assume those lenses are in Nikon mount, and that instead of buying a D850 he jumped ship for the 5DS-R ? That to me seems like quite a stretch. So, what’s missing here ?

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

User ID wrote:

Agreed the lenses are mediocre but you are the second reply to mention adapting. Yes I see you don’t recommend it ..... but what puzzles me is the very notion that these lenses would not already fit directly onto his new camera.

Do both of you assume those lenses are in Nikon mount, but instead of buying a D850 he jumped ship for the 5DS-R ? That to me seems like quite a stretch.

It's not rocket science.
In March he was using a Canon T-6, though it seems like some people seem to jump brands often.

ldcn wrote:

I'm trying to get a good depth of field using a canon Ts6 with ef 100mm 2.8L lens. My 1st post took almost a year to find the courage. All comments will be appreciated.
Thanks
Leigh

ldcn Loc: Maine

Sorry about the confusion. I switched from a Canon 80d. The two lenses I saved a sigma dc 80-50mm and tameron di II 18-40mm will not work on a full frame camera. I have a canon 100mm 2:8 L, a canon 135mm 1:2 L, and a sigma 150-600mm and am trying to find a wide angle lens for landscape and a lazy use for days without the camera bag when disabilities are over ridden by photography.
Thanks for your replies.
Leigh

User ID

Well thank you for that. Now it’s a real puzzle why the first coupla replies seem to think there’s an adapter to go from EOS to EOS. One suggests using the adapter the other recommends against it, but both believe there exists an adapter from EOS to EOS ... which is a kinda weird concept on the face of it ?!?

Again, thanks for the info.

pmorin Loc: Huntington Beach, Palm Springs

User ID wrote:

Well thank you for that. Now it’s a real puzzle why the first coupla replies seem to think there’s an adapter to go from EOS to EOS. One suggests using the adapter the other recommends against it, but both believe there exists an adapter from EOS to EOS ... which is a kinda weird concept on the face of it ?!?

Again, thanks for the info.

First of all, there was no mention of what camera he was coming from. Second, if any one of the lenses I listed are not full frame, I’ll eat a moose turd pie.
You make a great noise about others assumptions, yet isn’t that exactly what you have done? My only assumption was that he had lenses that he liked and if they fit his new camera he may be able to use them.
Lastly, you really need to get past your anger and name calling. There’s really no reason for it on these pages.

User ID

ldcn wrote:

Sorry about the confusion. I switched from a Canon 80d. The two lenses I saved a sigma dc 80-50mm and tameron di II 18-40mm will not work on a full frame camera. I have a canon 100mm 2:8 L, a canon 135mm 1:2 L, and a sigma 150-600mm and am trying to find a wide angle lens for landscape and a lazy use for days without the camera bag when disabilities are over ridden by photography.
Thanks for your replies.
Leigh

Makes somewhat more sense now.

Return the 135 if not too late.

You not only lack a wide lens, you lack a normal. And you want a lazy days lens which I spoze means easy to tote.

For about $150 get the 40/2.8 pancake. Covers normal, covers easy-to-tote, and dips one small toe in the wide angle kiddie pool. You acoarst will need something wider later ... but you’ll never regret this sharp mini lens that costs so little. It’s “the mouse that roared”.

I think the 40 will spoil you against heavy gear and you’ll then consider a 24mm prime as an all purpose wide lens when faced with the bulk and weight of wide angle zooms. Why mess with zooms in the normal and wide ranges when you’ve got 50MP to allow “no loss” cropping ? You can crop off half of that and you’ll hafta print at least 4 ft wide to barely begin to see any difference.

And acoarst I’m not conjecturing. I have the 24/2.8 and the pancake 40. And I’m not biased toward them for lack of options cuz I do have 17-40 ... which goes places less and less since I got the 24.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

ldcn wrote:

Sorry about the confusion. I switched from a Canon 80d. The two lenses I saved a sigma dc 80-50mm and tameron di II 18-40mm will not work on a full frame camera. I have a canon 100mm 2:8 L, a canon 135mm 1:2 L, and a sigma 150-600mm and am trying to find a wide angle lens for landscape and a lazy use for days without the camera bag when disabilities are over ridden by photography.
Thanks for your replies.
Leigh

OK, in Canon mount FF lens you have 100-600 covered.
You want wide angle ability.
Prime lens - Samyang 14 mm is a very good one and fairly inexpensive at under $700.
Or get one of the Canon zooms that cover the below 105 territory. They start at 8 mm.

ldcn Loc: Maine

thanks
Leigh

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

User ID wrote:

Agreed the lenses are mediocre but you are the second reply to mention adapting. Yes I see you don’t recommend it ..... but what puzzles me is the very notion that these lenses would not already fit directly onto his new camera.

Do both of you assume those lenses are in Nikon mount, and that instead of buying a D850 he jumped ship for the 5DS-R ? That to me seems like quite a stretch. So, what’s missing here ?

They both come with Canon EF mounts and will mount on the 5Dsr but because they are intended for crop cameras they will vignette extremely badly. Canon EOS full frame camera bodies do not compensate for crop sensor lenses unlike Nikon full frame bodies which will work with both DX and FX lenses. That high pixel count body would be wasted on those two relatively mediocre super zoom lenses