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can I use a EF 75-300 canon lens on my 20d camera

wberry
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TTMartin
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Yes, you can use an EF 75-300mm lens with your 20D.

 

The 20D is compatible with all Canon EF and EF-S lenses.

ebiggs1
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It is the EF or EF-S in the name that tells whether it is compatable.  All xxD Canon cameras are EF and EF-S compatible.

EB
EOS 1DX and 1D Mk IV and several lenses!


@ebiggs1 wrote:

It is the EF or EF-S in the name that tells whether it is compatable.  All xxD Canon cameras are EF and EF-S compatible.


Some in this group have asserted that the 10D was not EF-S compatible. My only xxD was a 50D, so I can't say from personal experience.

Bob
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

I have no firsthand knowledge of the 10D, either, so maybe so.  However, the likelyhood of a person encountering one is small.  It is a 1.6 crop camera as are all the xxD series.  It should be able to use S lenses even if it was sold as a EF body.

EB
EOS 1DX and 1D Mk IV and several lenses!


@ebiggs1 wrote:

I have no firsthand knowledge of the 10D, either, so maybe so.  However, the likelyhood of a person encountering one is small.  It is a 1.6 crop camera as are all the xxD series.  It should be able to use S lenses even if it was sold as a EF body.


The 10D was released prior to the first EF-S lens being introduced.

 

While EF-S lenses can be modified to work with it,. EF-S will not mount on the 10D without modification.

 

The 20D was the first XXD camera released after the introduction of EF-S lenses and is fully compatible with both EF and EF-S lenses.

I can confirm that 10D is not compatible with EF-S lenses.

 

The 300D (Digital Rebel) was introduced later the same year and was the first EF-S compatible model.

 

THe D60 and D30 that preceded the 10D also were not compatible with EF-S lenses.

 

All xxD models since have been able to use EF-S lenses. All xxxD and xxxxD (or Rebel) series are EF-S compatible too.

 

All EOS cameras film and digital are compatible with all EF lenses.

 

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Alan Myers
San Jose, Calif., USA
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ebiggs1
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Good thing the question was about a 20D.
EB
EOS 1DX and 1D Mk IV and several lenses!
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