topic Re: lens adapter in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

lens adapter

youngatheart — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 21:21:25 GMT

I was going to purchase a cannon full frame OES 5D and have a tammron 18-270 and they said it wouldnt fit.. is there an adapter that would fit for this lens on this camera?

Re: lens adapter

shadowsports — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 04:09:45 GMT

Greetings,

No. Its time for new lens.

Re: lens adapter

ebiggs1 — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:45:47 GMT

IMHO, as always, if you are looking at any 5 series Canon, you certainly want a much better lens than that Tamron anyway. The 5 series is way too good of a camera to hamper it with a poor lens. Avoid any zoom with a huge zoom range. If you do want that type of zoom photography look at the Powershot P&S line up. Again, MHO.

Re: lens adapter

youngatheart — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 15:12:47 GMT

sorry i like my Tamron lens.... thanks..

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kvbarkley — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 16:38:40 GMT

What camera does the lens work on now?

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StanNH — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 11:24:43 GMT

Several companies make lens adapters, but it's impossible to make any recommendations without knowing what mount your Tamron lens is made for. I use a Sigma MC-11 to adapt my Canon lenses for use with a Sony A6400, and it works very well.

Re: lens adapter

Waddizzle — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 14:05:49 GMT

“sorry i like my Tamron lens.... thanks..”

Your Tamron is made for APS-C sensor bodies. There is no adapter to use it on a full frame sensor body.

Re: lens adapter

StanNH — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 14:20:06 GMT

The Sigma MC-11 can easily be modified to accept EF-S lenses. All that has to be done is a removal of the internal plastic cover, which sits under the outside ring. It's removal does not effect the function of the adapter in any way.

This is commonly done and takes just a few minutes to do.

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kvbarkley — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 14:28:47 GMT

We don't know that it is an EF-S lens, do we? Couldn't it be for Nikon or Sony?

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Waddizzle — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 17:27:25 GMT

StanNH
The only reason why a Sony A6400 would work with an EF-S lens and the MC-11 adapter is because it, too, is an APS-C sensor camera body.

.kvbarkley
For now, I will assume the lens is a Canon mount.

Re: lens adapter

StanNH — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 17:48:16 GMT

The MetaBones adapter will work with cropped sensor lenses on a full frame body. This is from their own description:

Product Highlights

Canon EF/EF-S Lens to Sony E-Mount Body
Works with Full-Frame and APS-C Cameras
Switch for In-Body Image Stabilization
Support for Phase- & Contrast-Detect AF

I'm not sure if the Sigma, after modification, will allow for enough clearance from the mirror, but the adapter does add considerable spacing between the lens and the camera body.

Re: lens adapter

ebiggs1 — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 19:50:46 GMT

“Your Tamron is made for APS-C sensor bodies. There is no adapter to use it on a full frame sensor body.”

Not to mention it is not worth the effort. A 5D any model deserves a better lens.

Re: lens adapter

Waddizzle — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 12:03:24 GMT

@StanNH wrote:
The MetaBones adapter will work with cropped sensor lenses on a full frame body. This is from their own description:

Product Highlights
Canon EF/EF-S Lens to Sony E-Mount Body
Works with Full-Frame and APS-C Cameras
Switch for In-Body Image Stabilization
Support for Phase- & Contrast-Detect AF
I'm not sure if the Sigma, after modification, will allow for enough clearance from the mirror, but the adapter does add considerable spacing between the lens and the camera body.

Does MetaBones make an adapter for an EF-S mount lens on a full frame EF Mount body? No. Why? You posted the reason why an adapter does not exist. Distance.

BTW, even if you could make such adapter, the vignetting would be terrible. Unlike Sony or Nikon, [Canon] full frame bodies do not have any sort of APS-C lens crop mode. Why? Because APS-C lenses cannot mount on a full frame body, so it is not needed.