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It depends on how old. Canon EF lenses made since 1987 for Canon EOS bodies will fit the new Canon EOS digital bodies. The older FD lenses (before 1987) will not fit Canon EOS bodies, film or digital.

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Yes they will. Of course screw mount lenses need an adaptor. M lenses will of course be manual focus. Some lenses will only work on aperture priority I think.

Yes, all K-mount lenses will fit the current Pentax digital SLRs. K- and M- lenses will be manual focus and need the metering to be set differently to newer lenses, using the camera's green button or AE-L button (depending on model) - and this sometimes over- or under-exposes so may need some experimentation to get it right in different conditions. It's fiddly so maybe best avoided unless you are an enthusiast.

A- lenses will be manual focus but the metering will work normally, e.g. you can use the camera on fully automatic, aperture or shutter priority.

FA-lenses work in the same way as digital-specific (DA) lenses - autofocus and any of the automatic settings can be used.

One thing to note, film camera lenses were made for a 35x24mm film rather than a 24x18mm sensor as fitted to Pentax DSLRs. This means that they are on average 'longer', e.g. a 28mm lens is a wide-angle for film, but on a DSLR it's a standard-length lens (equivalent of a 42mm on film).

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Absolutely! The only trouble I have had is with a 2X converter and a 400mm lens. It would not auto focus or stop down. I still got an OK photo of the moon. I migrated ALL my lenses successfully. I think film lenses work on digital. Digital do not work on film. Why not? Due to the .625 smaller area covered by the lens. They will not even mount. The answer above is right, but if you have any troubles with canon and canon lenses just feel free to contact Canon Support Team. Visit canon's official website and there you'll be able to find a link to their customer support.

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Yes, you can use film Canon lenses on a DSLR Canon. However, if you lenses are really old (made before 1987), they might not fit. But I'd try them anyway. My father had an old Canon 35MM and I was able to use his lenses just fine on my new Canon DSLR.

Here's a good rule of thumb to remember: You can typically use film lenses on digital cameras, but not vice versa.

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http://www.nikonians.org/Nikon/slr-lens.html

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Yes, if your camera has the detachable lens option (lens' are able to be removed from the base of the camera). All brands that are the same as your camera will fit.

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It entirely depends on the lens mount. Sigma manufactures lenses to fit all major brand camera bodies - 'Sigma 35mm" does not really say much about the lens, I'm sorry to say.

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