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13 years 5 months ago #6152 by lazyryan
Can I switch lens in between cameras even though they are different brands?


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13 years 5 months ago #6155 by Tuscany

lazyryan wrote: Can I switch lens in between cameras even though they are different brands?


Well it depends, if you are asking can you put a Sigma lens on a Nikon camera or Canon, the answer is yes... only if the lens was made for a Nikon or Canon. A lens made for a Sony or Canon isn't going to fit on a Nikon camera.


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13 years 5 months ago #6162 by Screamin Scott
Most all cameras (except for older screw mount M42 lenses) have mounts that are not interchangeable with lenses from other manufactures. There are differences in the register distances that come into play also. Third party lenses are made in mounts for all of the major brands & as long as it has the correct mount for that brand, you are OK Back when all cameras were manual focus film cameras, Tamron & others had interchangeable mount systems, where you bought a lens & a mount that attached to it & also attached to your camera. If you bought a camera from a different manufacturer, you simply bought the appropriate adapter for the new camera. Tamron's system is called the "Adaptall & Adaptall2", Vivitar 's were the "TX" & "T4" & Sigma's was the "YS" adapter....Even older were Tamron's T mount system where the lens screwed into an adapter that the other end was fitted to mount different cameras. These older model did not transmit any info to the camera body & you had to meter by stopping down the lens to whatever aperture was called for (makes for very dim viewfinders)

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