12-29-2012 12:10 AM
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12-29-2012 09:52 AM - edited 12-29-2012 09:56 AM
Your EOS camera, which has a APS-C size sensor, is compatible with any EF or EF-S mount lens. EF-S lenses are not compatible with the 5D, 6D, 1D, and 1Ds series cameras along with the 10D and older cameras.
Here is a list of lens designations from manufactures that are compatible with your EOS body (only for APS-C in bold).
Canon- EF-S and EF
Sigma- DC and DG lenses.
Tamron- Di-II and Di
Tokina- Dx, Dx-II, and FX
12-29-2012 09:56 AM
Well the good news is that just about anything being sold in the stores (new) in a Canon mount will fit, whether it has an EF-S or EF designation as used by Canon or EF-S comptible mount which Sigma & Tamron use. However if you suspect that down the road you may want to switch to a full frame body try selecting lenses designed as EF mount compatible.
As for filters most screw onto the end of the lens, so they are usually bought to match the lens they'll go on BUT there are step down & step up adapters so you can share a filter across some of your lenses but sometimes the adapter will cause vignetting depending on just how small the final circle is relative to the lens element. Many don't like the idea of using a UV or Skylight filter to protect the lens due to softening of the images so do your homework on that before spending money on something you'll abandon. For Polarizers it needs to be a Circular Polarizer, & good ones are expensive, cheap ones aren't worth buying.
Can't help on the macro side of this because I'm not into macro.
12-29-2012 09:52 AM - edited 12-29-2012 09:56 AM
Your EOS camera, which has a APS-C size sensor, is compatible with any EF or EF-S mount lens. EF-S lenses are not compatible with the 5D, 6D, 1D, and 1Ds series cameras along with the 10D and older cameras.
Here is a list of lens designations from manufactures that are compatible with your EOS body (only for APS-C in bold).
Canon- EF-S and EF
Sigma- DC and DG lenses.
Tamron- Di-II and Di
Tokina- Dx, Dx-II, and FX
12-29-2012 09:56 AM
Well the good news is that just about anything being sold in the stores (new) in a Canon mount will fit, whether it has an EF-S or EF designation as used by Canon or EF-S comptible mount which Sigma & Tamron use. However if you suspect that down the road you may want to switch to a full frame body try selecting lenses designed as EF mount compatible.
As for filters most screw onto the end of the lens, so they are usually bought to match the lens they'll go on BUT there are step down & step up adapters so you can share a filter across some of your lenses but sometimes the adapter will cause vignetting depending on just how small the final circle is relative to the lens element. Many don't like the idea of using a UV or Skylight filter to protect the lens due to softening of the images so do your homework on that before spending money on something you'll abandon. For Polarizers it needs to be a Circular Polarizer, & good ones are expensive, cheap ones aren't worth buying.
Can't help on the macro side of this because I'm not into macro.
12-30-2012 12:49 PM
Thank you David and cicopo, your answers have been very helpful.
David thank you for the specifics in the lenses, that clears a lot of confusion for me, to have it written out in a list where I can see it like that. And Thank cicopo for the filter help. 🙂
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