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Title: EF Lens
Post by: Luke1981 on 01 April 2012, 21:49

Gents, help please!

My camera is a Canon EOS 1100D with a 18 - 55 mm EFS lens.

I have been searching for Canon zoom lenses on ebay and I dont fully understand all the lens jargon as I am new to this game.

Will all EF lenses fit my camera and what should I be looking out for?


Thanks  :smiley:

Luke

Title: Re: EF Lens
Post by: Ridg on 01 April 2012, 22:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EF_lens_mount (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EF_lens_mount)

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EF lenses can be mounted on EF-S bodies but EF-S lenses cannot be mounted on EF bodies.

Title: Re: EF Lens
Post by: Diamond Hell on 01 April 2012, 22:05

Bang on - it'll be fine.

Title: Re: EF Lens
Post by: Luke1981 on 01 April 2012, 22:11

Thanks  :smiley:

Title: Re: EF Lens
Post by: DubFan on 02 April 2012, 10:26

EF means it's a full frame lens, the EFS ones are only for crop sensors.
If you have a Canon 5D (Mk1/2/3) or 1D, then you can only use EF lenses, any other Canon DSLR you can use with EF or EFS.

On Nikon cameras, DX is the lenses for crop sensors and FX is the full frame lenses. But Nikon have a neat thing on their full frame cameras, where if you put a DX lens on a full frame camera, the camera will use only the portion of the sensor that is actually being exposed to light.

The thing to look for with Canon lenses is whether they they are an "IS" model or not. With some lenses, they produce a cheaper "non-IS" version as well as the "IS" version.
"IS" stands for Image Stabilisation.
The non-IS lens may well be cheaper but will the lack of image stabilisation annoy you.


(On my Sony DSLR the image stabilisation is built into the camera, so I can use any lens on it without having to worry about the lens having stabilisation or not.)

Title: Re: EF Lens
Post by: T_J_G on 02 April 2012, 18:48

Make sure you buy a lense with a red ring around the end furthest away from the camera ;)

Title: Re: EF Lens
Post by: T_J_G on 02 April 2012, 18:49

And and for a telephoto look at Canon 55-250 it's a cracking lense for £130

Title: Re: EF Lens
Post by: Ant1981 on 02 April 2012, 19:10

Quote from: T_J_G on 02 April 2012, 18:48

Make sure you buy a lense with a red ring around the end furthest away from the camera ;)

Very true....and it ain't a corker of a lens unless you carry the camera around by the lens tripod mount  :wink:

Title: Re: EF Lens
Post by: Luke1981 on 03 April 2012, 07:55

Thanks guys, got my eye on a few!  :smiley:

Title: Re: EF Lens
Post by: T_J_G on 03 April 2012, 11:34

Budget? If its under £200 you can't go wrong with the 55-250

Title: Re: EF Lens
Post by: Luke1981 on 03 April 2012, 14:16

Quote from: T_J_G on 03 April 2012, 11:34

Budget? If its under £200 you can't go wrong with the 55-250

Just purchased a new efs 55 - 250 mm lens with image stabilization from ebay for £130.

Thanks to all for the advice  :smiley:

Luke

Title: Re: EF Lens
Post by: T_J_G on 03 April 2012, 17:28

that's a good buy!

Title: Re: EF Lens
Post by: Luke1981 on 03 April 2012, 18:27

This is the lens

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110853933749

The seller has a few of them for sale.

Title: Re: EF Lens
Post by: cняis on 04 April 2012, 21:34

Quote from: DubFan on 02 April 2012, 10:26

EF means it's a full frame lens, the EFS ones are only for crop sensors.
If you have a Canon 5D (Mk1/2/3) or 1D, then you can only use EF lenses, any other Canon DSLR you can use with EF or EFS.

I assume you're referring to current Canon DSLRs as my old D60 is EF mount only  :angry: