topic Re: CANON REBEL T3i LENS in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

RF lens won't fit on EOS Rebel T3i

Dreamphotos1 — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 13:28:18 GMT

I just purchased a lens for my EOS Rebel T3i. The lens I purchase was the RF 14-35mm f/4L IS USM Ultra-Wide-Angle Zoom Lens for RF Mount Canon. The lens will not fit on the camera. Did I purchase the wrong lens?

Re: CANON REBEL T3i LENS

rs-eos — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 20:50:33 GMT

Yes. RF lenses can only work with RF-mount cameras and cinema cameras.

Your camera can only work with EF or EF-S lenses. Hopefully you can return the item (though it is opened, so not sure on the return policy from where you bought it).

Re: CANON REBEL T3i LENS

Waddizzle — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 00:41:15 GMT

@rs-eos wrote:
Yes. RF lenses can only work with RF-mount cameras and cinema cameras.
Your camera can only work with EF or EF-S lenses. Hopefully you can return the item (though it is opened, so not sure on the return policy from where you bought it).

Hopefully, you have enough to upgrade your camera to an RP.

Re: CANON REBEL T3i LENS

Tronhard — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 01:02:12 GMT

Definitely you want another lens. Since you have a crop-sensor camera the best lenses would be: an EF-S type, which are specifically designed for this sensor- I have all of these and they are all great lenses.

Canon EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM - a very good lens - this is arguably Canon's best APS-C lens.
Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 slightly wider aperture, and a really good lens - I have two of them!
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 gives you a range of wider angles if that is critical to you.

Definitely return the RF lens and get one of the above.

Re: CANON REBEL T3i LENS

LloydL — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 03:35:59 GMT

The Canon EOS Rebel T3i is available bundled with the EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens. This lens has agenerous (for a kit lens) and versatile optical zoom ratio of 7.5x with a 35mm equivalent range is about 29-216mm, because of the T3i's ~1.6x crop factor.

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Re: CANON REBEL T3i LENS

Tronhard — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 08:57:18 GMT

Given the OP deliberately purchased a lens that was ultra-to-medium wide angle (14-35), the question is whether the 18-135, which is a good general-purpose unit, is really what they want. I deliberately looked at lenses that would be more in the range for which they showed a preference.
The EF-S10-22mm, for example, has an equivalent FoV of 16-35mm, which is VERY close to the range they chose and is, I suspect, as close as possible to their intent.

Re: CANON REBEL T3i LENS

Kashifr — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 02:26:42 GMT

I also have T3i. From last few weeks I am researching to upgrade and found RF 24-70 f2.8

Two days ago I contacted Canon and they said I can use it with the adaptor. For some reason I contacted Canon again today, and this time the rep said I cannot. So now I am confuse. But for sure Canon has untrained staff and I cannot trust them completely.

Anyone has any idea about using the adapter?

Thank you

Re: CANON REBEL T3i LENS

Tronhard — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 03:44:55 GMT

Hi Kashfir:
For best results you should actually start your own thread, otherwise it gets confusing for all.
That said. You definitely CANNOT use an RF lens with any other cameras except R-series bodies. That means they will not work on your camera.

If you want a lens for your camera, consider an EF or EF-S (NOT an EF-M) lens. As a general purpose walk-around lens, good for some landscapes, social photography and portraits, I would suggest the
EF-S 18-135 f/3.5-5.6 IS USM: if you can't find a new one, there are lots of them available on the used market - consider KEH.COM.

Re: CANON REBEL T3i LENS

Kashifr — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 15:57:01 GMT

I am sorry Tronhard,

I posted on this thread as the camera and the lens is same as my choices. I will continue on the new thread. My apologies 🙂

Thank you

Re: CANON REBEL T3i LENS

Tronhard — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 23:07:46 GMT

No worries, thanks for making the effort! 🙂