Damaged EF lens?

[YajivypmahT]

Hi all,

I have a Vivitar 100 - 300mm lens that I cannot mount on my 350d. Does anyone have a damaged/unusable EF lens (any) so that I can strip off the mount and use the lens as a manual lens?

Please do tell me if anyone has tried this and had any success with it.

Thanks!

[spartacus.ret]

firstly, the lens was made for canon ef mount right? you don't want to be forcing some other mount down the body.

[+evenstar]

Originally Posted by spartacus.ret firstly, the lens was made for canon ef mount right? you don't want to be forcing some other mount down the body.

he wants another person's damaged EF lens so he can change the mount..

[YajivypmahT]

Originally Posted by +evenstar he wants another person's damaged EF lens so he can change the mount..

Yeah, that's what I was asking. Bro Spartacus, both the lens and the camera are too special for me to be using any type of tomfoolery!

[+evenstar]

hi i have an old 28-300 vivitar lens too, but the lens mount area was damaged so the lens is unuseable...but the lens mount is intact...do PM me if you're interested...no screws though..

[haagen_dazs]

changing the mount is one thing
making sure your flange film distance is the same is another big thing you should consider.
else your lens will not focus to infinity (or pass infinity) and is pretty much useless.

[ST1100]

Try the camera repair shops?