Nikon series E 50mm lens on Canon Rebel Slr/100: Greetings I'm amateur photographer with a Canon Rebel SLR 100. I want to use a 50mm lens. I don't have one but my husband has an old...

bela1950 Loc: Massachusetts

Greetings
I'm amateur photographer with a Canon Rebel SLR 100. I want to use a 50mm lens. I don't have one but my husband has an old Nikon film camera with several lenses. He has a series E 50mm lens. I would like to use it rather than buy a new one. Should I buy a converter ring? Will it work ok? If so which one is good? I've heard pros and cons. I value your opinions.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

bela1950 wrote:

Greetings
I'm amateur photographer with a Canon Rebel SLR 100. I want to use a 50mm lens. I don't have one but my husband has an old Nikon film camera with several lenses. He has a series E 50mm lens. I would like to use it rather than buy a new one. Should I buy a converter ring? Will it work ok? If so which one is good? I've heard pros and cons. I value your opinions.

Is this a film camera single lens reflex (SLR) or a Digital Single lens reflex (DSLR)?
If it works at all it will be maual focus, manual exposure.
If you’re a novice, you’d be better off with a Canon lens made for your camera body or some other Canon Ef or EFs mount lens. You can buy used or Yongnou makes a cheap knockoff.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Shop for a Canon EF f/1.8 STM. They run about $125 new, older EF 50 f/1.8 models are cheaper used. You can't mount a Nikon lens directly to a Canon body and there's no reason to waste your time with adapters to do so.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

bela1950 wrote:

Greetings
I'm amateur photographer with a Canon Rebel SLR 100. I want to use a 50mm lens. I don't have one but my husband has an old Nikon film camera with several lenses. He has a series E 50mm lens. I would like to use it rather than buy a new one. Should I buy a converter ring? Will it work ok? If so which one is good? I've heard pros and cons. I value your opinions.

That is an old manual focus Nikon lens but will work just fine on your Canon SL1 with the use of an F/EF mount adapter. It will still be an all manual lens just as it was when it was made so you will need to shoot in manual mode and manually focus the lens as well, which is not real easy with your crop sensor pewnta-mirror viewfinder. It is easier using Live View though.
Lots of Canon shooters use the adapter just so they can use Nikon mount lenses on their bodies.

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LEGALDR Loc: Southern California

bela1950 wrote:

Greetings
I'm amateur photographer with a Canon Rebel SLR 100. I want to use a 50mm lens. I don't have one but my husband has an old Nikon film camera with several lenses. He has a series E 50mm lens. I would like to use it rather than buy a new one. Should I buy a converter ring? Will it work ok? If so which one is good? I've heard pros and cons. I value your opinions.

Welcome to UHH. I am not sure what model camera you have. If it is an early Canon DSLR you will find several adapters on EBAY that will allow you to use your camera body and the Nikon lense. It will not autofocus but using manual focus will allow you to shed the "amateur" in front of "photographer" and you will soon be a Photographer! A Canon 50mm lense from any reputable dealer will probably cost $100.00 to $150.00. Your hubby's Nikon lense with an adapter from EBAY will be $10.00 to $15.00. All of the inexpensive adapters are about the same in quality and function. If you spend $15.00 and use the Nikon lense and you don't like it, give the lense back to your hubby and put the adapter on Ebay and recoup some of the $$ spent. Then buy a Canon lense and snap away.

bela1950 Loc: Massachusetts

GoofyNewfie wrote:

Is this a film

camera single lens reflex (SLR) or a Digital Single lens reflex (DSLR)?
If it works at all it will be maual focus, manual exposure.
If you’re a novice, you’d be better off with a Canon lens made for your camera body or some other Canon Ef or EFs mount lens. You can buy used or Yongnou makes a cheap knockoff.

Its a dslr camera. Being a novice I don't want to deal with manual focus at this time. I think I will buy a lens to fit my camera. Thank you

Tomcat5133 Loc: Gladwyne PA

CHG_CANON wrote:

Shop for a Canon EF f/1.8 STM. They run about $125 new, older EF 50 f/1.8 models are cheaper used. You can't mount a Nikon lens directly to a Canon body and there's no reason to waste your time with adapters to do so.

Right on. Nikon and Canon are not compatible.

BebuLamar

With an adapter like the one from Fotodiox for $15 you can use the lens but it's manual focus, manual exposure control. I am not sure how well the meter would work as I am not familiar with the Canon EOS. The lens is a decent lens but you should keep in mind that it's worth the most is $50.
Better off buying a Canon EF lens, if you want to save buy used.

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

There's nothing wrong with manual lenses. But, they have some disadvantages to auto focus lenses. The lens adapters do work. Many of my friends use them. Fotodiox and Metabones Brands, on some of their cameras. I'm in the process of purchasing a manual only lens. But, I won't need an adapter.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

bela1950 wrote:

Greetings
I'm amateur photographer with a Canon Rebel SLR 100. I want to use a 50mm lens. I don't have one but my husband has an old Nikon film camera with several lenses. He has a series E 50mm lens. I would like to use it rather than buy a new one. Should I buy a converter ring? Will it work ok? If so which one is good? I've heard pros and cons. I value your opinions.

It will fit and work just fine with an adapter.
Manual focus and aperture.
Camera meters just fine in M, P, and A settings. Just play with it and enjoy.
I use many Nikon lenses on my EOS cameras the same way as I just described.
Have fun and experiment to see what works best for you.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

CHG_CANON wrote:

Shop for a Canon EF f/1.8 STM. They run about $125 new, older EF 50 f/1.8 models are cheaper used. You can't mount a Nikon lens directly to a Canon body and there's no reason to waste your time with adapters to do so.

I wouldn't say that, she can get an adapter for under 20 bucks, and she's got a lens available already, so, going the Nikon way is way cheaper for her!

bela1950 Loc: Massachusetts

Architect1776 wrote:

It will fit and work just fine with an adapter.
Manual focus and aperture.
Camera meters just fine in M, P, and A settings. Just play with it and enjoy.
I use many Nikon lenses on my EOS cameras the same way as I just described.
Have fun and experiment to see what works best for you.

Hi
Thanks for your help. Could you tell me what I need to look for in the adapter? There is a wide range available from very cheap to too expensive. Also will I always need to shoot in manual mode when using an adapter? I shoot in Aperture and Shutter priority modes now. What would be different with the adapter? I know I have a lot of questions and I appreciate your help.
Thank you

Beemer01

I've converted a 50mm vintage lens to my Canon DSLR - fully manual as noted, but I like the results. I used an inexpensive adaptor I bought on Amazon.

Alafoto Loc: Montgomery, AL

Beemer01 wrote:

I've converted a 50mm vintage lens to my Canon DSLR - fully manual as noted, but I like the results. I used an inexpensive adaptor I bought on Amazon.

Does your lens/adapter combo focus to infinity? Possibly a hindrance to a beginner if it doesn't.

Beemer01

Good question, and I'll have to check when I have my camera handy. I tend to use it for very shallow depth of field pictures, so I'm quite close with the Aperture wide open.