Heh, interesting. You'd have to be pretty desperate tho :)
Actually, I think there's more to it than just smaller mirror... I believe the 300D has some clever way of moving the mirror to give better clearance than just hinging up, ie it slides back or something as it moves to avoid protruding lens elements.
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jordan R. Urie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: canon vs pentax
George,
Yes, it's true, the 300D/Digital Rebel 18-55mm won't fit on any other camera. The lens on the body in the showcase at work has a plastic ring that prevents it from being mounted on a regular body. Without that ring, its back lens element comes so far back that in a regular (film) EOS the mirror would smash into it when it flipped up. However, the mirror on the 300D is the same as on a few other Canon Digital bodies.
Here's how you make it work on the rest of the Canon digital SLRs:
http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/tutorials/efs-10d.html
I take no responsibility for cracked mirrors or scratched lenses. Anyone on this list does anything stupid with this info, all I'm going to do is sit back and chuckle.
Jordan R. Urie
George Sinos wrote:Earlier John Mustarde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "So what did she buy for an upgrade from the ME Super? Canon Rebel. Kit... Now, a couple of years later, she has added the Digital Rebel as her primary camera, which came with an 18-55 kit lens."
Since part of this thread talks about lens compatibility I'll toss this in here. (Don't remember if it's been said yet.)
My local camera dealer was lamenting that the Canon 18-55mm zoom that comes with the 300D will only fit the 300D. You can't put it on a 10D or any of the other canon bodies. It has something to do with some sort of a wedge shaped protrusion on the rear of the lens that fits into a hollowed out area inside the mount.
I don't know if he was kidding, but he seemed pretty serious.
See you later, gs
