Can you interchange lenses between Digital and Film SLR cameras?
Yes, it is possible depending upon the brand and type of lens. For example: Canon autofocus film camera lens (Canon EF mount) can be used on a Canon digital SLR. Your focal length field of view will be magnified by 1.6 on most Canon SLRs (i.e. a 50mm lens will have a field of view like an 80mm lens, when used on a digital SLR). **Canon manual focus film lenses (Canon’s FD mount) cannot be used on digital SLRs **Canon EF-S autofocus lenses are designed for digital only. Nikon: Nikon’s autofocus F-mount lenses can be used on their digital SLR lineup (you get a 1.5 multiplier, so for example a 50mm lens looks like a 75mm lens). Autofocusing will depend upon the lens type and SLR body model. For example, the D40 and D40x will AF with AF-S Nikon lenses, but regular AF lenses will only work in manual focus. The manual focus Nikon F-mount lenses (typically an AI or AI-S lens) will mount on the digital SLRs. They may or may not meter, depending upon the camera body. **Nikon DX lens lineup is d
