Can I put a Canon Lens on a Nikon Body?

[conner_.]

<p>I want to start getting into photography and I have been searching online for deals and I found the best deal for a Nikon D3200 camera body only and then the Canon Zoom Telephoto EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 III lens. Could I put those lens on the Nikon D3200? I am very new to photography and would just like to know, thanks!</p>

[elliot1]

<p>No, and as a beginner you would not want to anyway. Stick with Nikon lenses for Nikon cameras (at least to start). There are come pretty good 'kit' deals available if you search for them.</p>

[iversonwhite]

<p>You can with a lens adapter.</p>

[bebu_lamar]

<p>You could but I strongly recommend not to do so. You can find a similar deal for the Nikon lens. </p>

[ellis_vener_photography]

Theoretically you can but you'd have no autofocus and no aperture control or be able to focus to infinity. Manual focus

Nikkors on Canon bodies, with an adapter? No problem.

[lex_jenkins]

<p>Check around for deals on the Nikon D3100 and kit zoom. I've seen a couple going for under $400, either on Amazon or Walmart's site. There were also some D3100 two-lens kits with the 18-55 and, I think, 55-200, for just under $500.</p>

[jim_momary]

<p>D3200 plus 18-55 and 55-200 $529 & free shipping at BestBuy at the moment.</p>

[ant_nio_marques]

It makes no sense to buy a big brand body and then use it with a different brand lens. Each maker includes info in their

bodies on how they should make the best of the characteristics of the lens. Besides that, there are two problems:

 

- no electric compatibility, so you lose everything that is not manual, which these days usually includes aperture.

 

- different flange focal distance, which may make focusing more difficult or impossible.

 

Using different brand lenses is something you can do when you now what you're doing. Not for a beginner.

[ant_nio_marques]

Oh, and 75mm is a long focal distance for what I think is a cropped body. For comparison, the distance that will give you

things at more or less the same size your eyes see them is 45mm for a 35mm negative, and 45/1,5 = 30mm for a 1.5x

cropped sensor.

[elliot1]

<p>Which adapter lets you mount Canon lenses on a Nikon body? I have yet to see one.</p>

[elliot1]

<p>deleted duplicate.</p>

[dan_south]

<p>As mentioned above, buy an inexpensive Nikon body and use the kit lens that comes with it. That's all you'll need to get started. Forget about mixing brands.</p>

[iversonwhite]

<p>Fotodiox sells an FD to Nikon adapter.</p>

[andylynn]

Even if you find an adapter, there's no good reason to do this. You'd have no AF, no meter, no aperture control, and only

close focus. The Nikon 55-200mm lenses are cheap, get one of those instead.

[owen_omeara]

<p>Nikon Glass for Nikon Brass.</p>

<p>-O</p>

[elliot1]

<p>The OP is asking about a specific EF lens, not FD lenses. </p>

[Andrew Garrard]

<p>Guys, we're talking to a self-confessed beginner here. There are, technically, obscure and inferior options that you might want to consider if for some reason you wanted to match an expensive bit of Canon glass you already have to an expensive Nikon body you already have. I believe Conner is just considering buying the 75-300 (which is not, by the way, very good - I have a copy on my Canon body, but only because it wasn't worth the money to sell it). Claiming you can do this is like asking whether you can run Android on an iPhone. (It's possible, but you usually don't want to do it.)<br />

<br />

Obviously, the sensible thing is to say "no, they don't fit together". The Nikon 55-200 is a good, cheap option. If Conner wants more reach, there's the 55-300 for a still quite reasonable but slightly larger amount of money. The Nikon 70-300 VR is probably a little better, but more expensive still; consider also the Tamron 70-300 (the Nikon F-mount version, obviously).</p>

[alan_bessler_sr]

<p>If you like the Canon lens why don't you just buy a Canon body too go with it??</p>

[Andrew Garrard]

<p>Alan: Valid point, although I have to say I think the D3200 is a better body than the 75-300 is a lens. :-) It's not like there aren't alternative lenses in Nikon mount...</p>

[rodeo_joe1]

<p>+1 to Andrew's reply. A straightforward "No" would have sufficed as an answer to the OP's question.</p>

[JDMvW]

<p>There are few greater bargains than for the "kit" lenses sold for any make of camera. These are also sold on the net, often new, by people who have taken advantage of the combined camera & lens 'kit' prices to get one they didn't need.<br>

Stick with one of those for whatever body you get. Look at the manufacturer's web pages to see what the kits are. Usually the simplest one is an approximately 18-55mm lens, and the next step up is a more-or-less 55-250mm lens. These are real bargains and will cover a beginner's needs very handily. These days they even have image stabilization.</p>