RF lens won't fit on EOS Rebel T3i

[Dreamphotos1]

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? 

[rs-eos]

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).

[Waddizzle]

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@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).

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

[Tronhard]

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.

[LloydL]

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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[Tronhard]

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.

[Kashifr]

Hi

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

[Tronhard]

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.

[Kashifr]

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 

[Tronhard]

No worries, thanks for making the effort! 🙂