how many different lenses are there for the canon eos rebel xt? and what are they?

Question

how many different lenses are there for the canon eos rebel xt? and what are they?

Answer 1

This is the text from a response, which covers the numbers question in part. You need to start visiting the sites mentioned if you want to know the details. With 122 lenses listed on the Canon Museum site and a further 65 on their current website, it is clearly not something that would be simple to answer!



Extract from CanonFD Forum entry:



I have done a quick count of lenses on the Canon Camera Museum site (http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/lens/f_lens.html) and the Nikon System Handbook 6th Edition (2000) by B. Moose Peterson. For Canon:

EF - 45 prime, 8 EFS, 77 zoom

FDnew 42 prime, 23 zoom

FEold 59 prime, 6 zoom

FL 30 prime, 3 zoom

R 20

S 69

Total 382 plus a few specials such as the EE lenses covering the period from 1950 to 2005.



Nikon F mount - 207 lenses listed in the Nikon System Handbook covering the period 1959-1999.



On their current (Australian) websites, Canon list 65 lenses, Nikon list 48 and Pentax list 17 lenses.



Tamron list 26 lenses in their current catalog.

Tokina list 14 lenses on their website, but only six in their catalog. The four/thirds system partners (Olympus, Sigma, Panasonic) list 28 lenses on the 4/3 website.



While Nikon's F mount has the highest number of distinct lenses, this covers three major generations of manual focus lenses (pre-AI, AI, AI-S) and five major generations of auto focus film lenses (AF, AF-D, AF-I/AF-S, G, VR). Up until the G lenses, with some minor exceptions, every newer lens could be used on any older body, but not vice versa.



Canon manual focus bayonet mount cameras would have had about 163 distinct lenses available (FDnew, FDold, FL) compared to a potential 207 plus for Nikon of the same generation.



Clearly Nikon and Canon stand out from the rest of the field in terms of the shear number of models that have and continue to make. Canon has an edge in current models, but clearly you could run the argument either way for their previous models.



DougF

Answer 2

All Canon EF and EF-S lenses fit the Rebel XT/EOS 350D. Also all lenses designed for any Canon SLR by Sigma and Tamron will also fit.



It's the full-frame digital SLRs like the Canon 5D etc. that cannot use the EF-S lenses.

Answer 3

See link below. That "all" you get.



Simply put EVERY SINGLE lens in the link will work with your Rebel XT, coz your camera belong to the EOS family.



BUT...and there is a big BUT...the lens marked as EF-S ONLY work on EOS bodies that have a 1.6x cropped sensor or technically the APS-C sensor and the Rebel is one of them.



So if you bought an EF-S lens it will work for you but if you trade up to a 5D or 1Ds or even 1D it will NOT work, while the lens marked EF work on any type of EOS body.

Answer 4

Any lens with a Canon EF or EF-S mount lens will fit the XTi. The earlier manual-focus FL lenses won't fit.



Just FYI, the EF lenses cover the full 35mm frame and can be used on any Canon EOS 35mm or digital SLR. The EF-S lenses are designed to cover only the smaller APC-C sensor and mirror on the XT, 20D, 30D, and XTi.

Answer 5

Not all lenses made by Canon fit on the EOS line up. The older FD and MC lenses are manual focus and do not fit. Any EF or EFs Canon lens will fit. Lenses made by other companies that say they fit the EOS, EF, or Canon Autofocus will fit as well. T-mount lenses that say they fit the Canon lineup require an adapter, T-mount to Canon EOS, but you wont get autofocus or TTL.



If you look on eBay you can probably find an adapter to fit any lens to any body, but again you wont get autofocus or TTL.

Answer 6

Let me add a few hundred more that most people don't know about. How about Nikon lenses?

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/nikcan.htm

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/roxsen-converter.htm



And a picture of the device in use. Look on the Friday, Sept. 7th posting on this link.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/00-new-today.htm



Remember, most photographers only use a few lenses, matched to their assignments and their personal styles. Look at speed,price, zoom range, and reviews. If possible borrow lenses from friends so you can get the feel of them in use.



A better lens won't give you the perfect picture - it just makes it easier to get there.



Now you can really start making your birthday wishlist!