Hello.Photographic assistance required sil vous plait

[Dave the OAP]

I have a almost unused canon eos SLR Camera with three lenses ( which all in all cost around £400) BUT it is a film camera not digital.

Now, few options:

1. Do I try to sell it lock stock and barrel and get say £50 for the lot?

2. Do I keep hold of the lenses and buy a digital body ( and hope the lenses fit - they are bayonet mounted)

begging the question, will my lenses work with my digital camera.

Anyone got a Canon EOS body that they are looking to sell as it sits in the loft unused, or could I borrow one to see if teh lenses work?

Thanks

 

[Wozza]

If the lenses are EF mount they'll work with any Canon DSLR.

 

[Dave the OAP]

ah...excellent. Cheers wozza

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

What lenses are they?

 

[Dave the OAP]

What lenses are they?

erm, I will look tonight. But one is a basic one that comes with the camera, one is a telephoto ( 135mm rings a bell) and the other a wide angle lens

 

[Dave the OAP]

canon, 80-200mm telephoto
canon, 28-80mm standard
sigma, super wide 11 f = 24mm

Canon EOS 500N body!

 

[Papa Lazarou]

canon, 80-200mm telephoto
canon, 28-80mm standard
sigma, super wide 11 f = 24mm

Canon EOS 500N body!

If they are non-digital lenses you will get 50% more focal length on the DSLR. I've got a 100-300mm lense from my old canon, and on my EOS350D it operates as a 150-450mm... which is nice

 

[Dave the OAP]

If they are non-digital lenses you will get 50% more focal length on the DSLR. I've got a 100-300mm lense from my old canon, and on my EOS350D it operates as a 150-450mm... which is nice

how much did you pay for your EOS350D?

 

[Wozza]

canon, 80-200mm telephoto
canon, 28-80mm standard
sigma, super wide 11 f = 24mm

Canon EOS 500N body!

The Sigma sounds interesting (there are several versions).

The Canons are low-end, I believe = slow and noisy.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

how much did you pay for your EOS350D?

Not sure, it was about 4 years ago... £350?

 

[Dave the OAP]

Yes I got it off ebay looking for a decent wide angle lens.

It is a good lens and takes good shots, although my photographic ability with "film" cameras is fuzzy at best!

 

[Wozza]

Problem is, it will be equivalent to 38mm on a typical DSLR - not very wide at all.

 

[Dave the OAP]

ah right. basically what we are saying is try to sell the kit lock stock and barrel and buy a new one?

 

[mikeyjh]

ah right. basically what we are saying is try to sell the kit lock stock and barrel and buy a new one?

Keep hold of your lenses and lob you film SLR in the canal - You can then (assuming the EF mount), use them with your new DSLR, see what they're like and then only upgrade if you need.

Your super wide is now just wide and it fills in the gap beneath your 28-80. They may not be amazing lenses but you've got your basics more than covered.

 

[Wozza]

Yep.

550D is best of the entry-level Canons - but not cheap.

THIS is probably the biggest bargain in cameraland right now:

OLYMPUS PEN E-P1 Micro Four Thirds Digital Camera with 14-42mm Lens buy online | Currys

Use Discount Code HOT5 to get another £18 or so off. Won't be around for much longer, mind.

 

[skipper734]

I would keep the lenses. Sigma were the cheap end, but lenses now seem to cost more than the body.
I still use my SLR for proper photo's, but always carry around my little 8 mp Kodak jobby, for that shot you wouldn't get, after lumbering about with a bag full of bits to screw together.
When you see the results JS and the boys get with their compacts.
I bought Jnr. a hybrid some time ago, he's going to the battle fields in Belgium next week. I will be interested to see if he can be bothered to lug it around.

 

[Lady Bracknell]

ah right. basically what we are saying is try to sell the kit lock stock and barrel and buy a new one?

Yes.

 

[Paskman]

Sell the lot and buy new.

I've got a 500D, it is great, more than you will need to start with or possibly for a few years. It's a lot cheaper (£549 @ Amazon) than the 550D and Canon are currently doing £30 cash back.

 

[tedebear]

we've got both a canon digital slr and an old school film slr and the lenses work on both, can't say much for the photographer trying to take the shots though ;-)

 

[Philcounty]

If they are non-digital lenses you will get 50% more focal length on the DSLR. I've got a 100-300mm lense from my old canon, and on my EOS350D it operates as a 150-450mm... which is nice

Not entirely true, the entry level DSLRs have a sensor which is 1.6x smaller than 35mm film. Therefore you times the focal length by 1.6 to get the equivalent you will see on your DSLR, so your 100-300mm lens will actually be a 160-480mm. This has nothing to do with the age of the lens but the camera's sensor so a brand new lens will also have this crop factor.

The top of the range Canon DSLRs have full frame sensors so no crop factor but they price in the thousands rather than the hundreds of pounds.