Chris Eastwood wrote:
Hi
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some time ago I aquired a 20D, and I've been gradually comming to terms with
how to make the most of this camera, but owning it has revealed some things
that I hadn't quite picked up on from just browsing specifications.
For some time, one of the advantages of the EOS cameras over other 35mm cameras
has been that everything in the range has been inter-usable. The D EOS has sort
of changed that, for how I see things at least. I'd be interested to hear any
other thoughts on this perspective.
The first thing that comes up is lenses. I've been using 4x5 and 5x7 for a bit, and I'm familiar with the fact that film formats make different views from the same lens, and apart from the 1D and the 5D the others are a different 'film' format than the rest of the EOS cameras (ok, and the IX, but I'm not sure if there were many of those sold). Natually if you're a wildlife photographer the smaller film format is very nice, as it gets you just what you really wanted (closer to that thing), but if youre a wide angle person (I've got a 24mm TS-E that I use for quite a many of my shots) the loss of 'edges' is quite frustrating.
In this case I feel that they're just not quite as 'compatible' apart from the
ability to mount and operate the lens.
Uhhhhh, what more do you want from a lens? The 28-135 I use on my
EOS-3 works on my 20D just as well. The image makes its way through the
glass and unto the image sensor just fine.
The size of the image sensor is resposible for the 1.6 "crop factor" .
This may take a little getting used to but isn't there a difference
between the 5X7 and 4X5 when using, say a 75mm lens?
From my point of view, any incompatibilty would be with the "S" lenses
which are designed for the digital bodies and can't be used on my -3.
Bob
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