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Using an alternative mount lens

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Using an alternative mount lens

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Your camera has a very specific lens mount, and most camera vendors make their own custom mounts. So, for example, you can't just take a Nikon lens and stick it on your Canon camera; I mean that would just be wrong, wouldn't it? Not necessarily, because you can get adaptors that will let you use lenses designed for other mounts. This is a very easy way to gain access to entire ranges of lenses. Many video shooters, for example, who use Canon cameras use adaptors to gain access to certain Nikon lenses because of their manual controls. Adaptors also make it possible to use older lenses that are no longer made. Canon used to make a 50-mm f/0.95 lens that you can still sometimes find for sale used. It uses an older Canon lens mount that isn't supported by your EOS camera, but with the right adaptor you can get it to work. Here we're using a lens adaptor to attach a 21 mm f/2.8 Zeiss lens to this Canon EOS 5D Mark III. What's great about this lens is that it's fantastically sharp. So this…

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