will canon film SLR lens work on a digital SLR?

[cheerful chickadee]

I have a Canon EOS Rebel k2 (35mm film camera), I believe it has a 28-80mm lens. I am planning on buying a Canon Digital Rebel XTi in the near future and was wondering if the lens from my 35mm film SLR is able to be used on the digital SLR??

 

[0bli0]

yes, it will work on the XTi. juts to note, it will give you a field of view of 44-128 instead of 28-80, due to the smaller than film sized sensor.

 

[manning]

conversion factor is 1.6

 

[jann1033]

if it's a canon lens it will work if it's a sigma lens it may need to be re chipped. i had a sigma 28-80 i got re chipped and it didn't work at all well on my rebel xt. but the re chipping including shipping was only$14

any eos compatible lens will work for the digital rebels

 

[0bli0]

it looks like the K2 was often sold with this lens, which should be fine. if it's a Tamron or Sigma, as Jan has said it may need to be rechipped.

 

[jann1033]

sorry op i just noticed you said Canon in the title ...didn't notice that before

 

[0bli0]

Jan - you could still be very correct. she could potentially have a Sigma or Tamron 28-80 lens

 

[WillCAD]

You probably won't wind up using the old lens on the new camera anyway, since the new camera will come with its own 18-55 kit lens. When you take the conversion factor into account, the 18-55 lens gives you the same field of view on a Canon DSLR that your 28-80 gave you on a Canon film SLR.

The 18-55 kit lens included with many Canon DSLRs is a very nice lens, sharp, fast-focusing, and clear. 18mm is a great wide angle for landscape shots, and 55 is a nice moderate zoom. I used my 18-55 kit lens on one WDW trip after I bought my Digital Rebel and was very pleased with the pics I got from it.

I did want a longer zoom for stuf like Kilamanjaro Safari, however, so I wound up buying a Sigma 18-125. My 18-125 hasn't been to WDW yet but it has the same field of view on my Digital Rebel as my old Sigma 28-200 had on my film Rebel. I took that film Rebel and 28-200 on many WDW trips and found it to be almost the perfect walkaround lens (everybody wishes for a bit longer zoom or a bit wider wides at times).