Posted: 5/2/2010 10:09:37 AM EDT
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I found my old Camera and lenses that I learned black and white film on. I have a Canon Rebel EOS XS, the accompanying 35-80 mm Canon lens, a Quantaray Tech-10 75-300 mm lens and my Cokin filter system and a couple of filters. So, is any of this worth keeping? I know that I could keep shooting film but I would like to jump to digital SLR. I don't know if either of my lenses are compatible or if the filters transfer over to digital. Any good news? I know that they aren't top notch but I was hoping that they would at least work until I get into it a little more and can pick some lenses that I want.
ETA Does it matter if I go with Canon or if I pick up a Nikon D5000 or D90 will they still work? |
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The lenses will fit any new Canon DSLR, but they will be longer (more zoomed in) than they were on your film camera if you use anything but a FF DSLR, such as the 5D or 1Ds cameras.
I assume you will get a digital Rebel or a ##D camera, so that means that you would multiply the focal length by 1.6x to determine what the lens would compare to on a film/FF camera. The 35-80mm lens would be about the same as a 56-128mm lens, and the 75-300 would be about the same as a 120-480mm lens. This means you won't have a very wide angle lens, unless you buy a kit lens or somehow acquire a wider angle lens. Filters aren't really necessary with digital... you can do so much in post processing to change colors that there's no need to try to do it with filters. A few exceptions would be circular polarizer, graduated ND filter, ND filters, etc. Hope this helps. Good luck! |
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The lenses will fit any new Canon DSLR, but they will be longer (more zoomed in) than they were on your film camera if you use anything but a FF DSLR, such as the 5D or 1Ds cameras. I assume you will get a digital Rebel or a ##D camera, so that means that you would multiply the focal length by 1.6x to determine what the lens would compare to on a film/FF camera. The 35-80mm lens would be about the same as a 56-128mm lens, and the 75-300 would be about the same as a 120-480mm lens. This means you won't have a very wide angle lens, unless you buy a kit lens or somehow acquire a wider angle lens. Filters aren't really necessary with digital... you can do so much in post processing to change colors that there's no need to try to do it with filters. A few exceptions would be circular polarizer, graduated ND filter, ND filters, etc. Hope this helps. Good luck! Thanks. I really appreciate the feedback. I do have the circular polarizer so I guess that is a keeper. I will do some research on the ff dslr cameras in my price range (assuming there are any). Anything else I need to know? |
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Don't discount or chunk your filters. Post processing is great for a lot of folks but some of us never got Old school burning and dodging so we don't post process. I may tweak a light level but I don't do most of the fancy stuff.
it's still great fun to hit the street with the DSLR set to black and white, 85mm lens and a filter and see what I can get. Check out used gear. A 40D with it's kit lens 28-135? is selling for $500.00 you can get a 20D-30D and rebel for a lot less. No reason to buy new unless you want video and then consider a video camera. Don't worry about the 1.6 conversion right now. You might notice standing back from your subject a bit but proly not. |
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Don't discount or chunk your filters. Post processing is great for a lot of folks but some of us never got Old school burning and dodging so we don't post process. I may tweak a light level but I don't do most of the fancy stuff. it's still great fun to hit the street with the DSLR set to black and white, 85mm lens and a filter and see what I can get. Check out used gear. A 40D with it's kit lens 28-135? is selling for $500.00 you can get a 20D-30D and rebel for a lot less. No reason to buy new unless you want video and then consider a video camera. Don't worry about the 1.6 conversion right now. You might notice standing back from your subject a bit but proly not. Thanks for the heads up. I can't find a 40d at that price. Particularly with a lens. Plus, I video isn't a bad idea. I wouldn't want to use it often but if I am in a situation where I wish I had it I would probably be pissed if I didn't. That coupled with the fact that some of the lower end models probably compare to the 40d I am a little hesitant to buy used. If you have a good used resource I would love to check it out. I just checked out ebay and adorama.com to get a general price and they were both several hundred higher. |