Canon T2i Lenses

[Jonathan Ziegler]

Ack! No! FD mounts bad. The guy is wrong – you need a converter with an optical bit in it because parts of the lens hang down and will collide with the mirror on the camera. Check out pricing on Canon FD mount to EF/EFS lenses before you buy. If the lens is really cheap, it’s worth it, but otherwise I’ve been staying away from FD mount lenses.

Jonathan Ziegler
https://www.electrictiger.com/
520-360-8293

[Rusty Shackleford]

Ok, that’s what I thought.
What’s the difference between the EF and EF-S lenses?

I read that a good zoom to have is the 70-200mm.
What about the Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Telephoto Zoom?

Which light meter should I get?

Brandon Morris
http://www.brandonmorris.com

13″ Macbook Pro (Mid 09) 8GB RAM 10.6
Canon T2i

[Micah Mcdowell]

EF lenses are designed to cover the entire sensor of all Canon full-frame DSLRs and 35mm film cameras. EF-S is specifically engineered for APS-C (smaller) sensor cameras, like the T2i.

To put it simply, both EF-S and EF work on your T2i just fine, but if you were to upgrade to a 5DmkII in the future, your EF-S lenses would not fit.

As for the zoom lenses you mention, it’s hard to say. What are your needs? Do you need long zooms?

As a basic kit, I’d get:

• good super-wide (Sigma 10-22mm perhaps?)
• a 50mm prime (the Canon 50mm 1.8 is a perfectly good lens if you’re on a budget, but the 1.4 is slightly better and a bit more light/narrower depth of field wide open)
• a good telephoto
• hang on to the kit lens just in case

Remember, you don’t have to cover every focal length. And personally, I hate zooms.

One last note, you don’t have to have an external light meter. I use my T2i with manual lenses and work just fine, but you can certainly grab one if it’s in the budget.