Older lense compatible with new camera

[Legend_073]

I have a Canon EOS IX Lite and it came with a 28-80mm 3.5-5.6 II lense. And I bought the 380EX Speedlite to go with it. Everything is about 7 years old.

Is the lense worth using with my new DSLR Canon Rebel XT? I haven't tried the lense or the flash yet with my new camera, not sure if it's compatible?

I currently have the kits lense (18-55mm) and I have a Sigma 17-70mm on it's way.

Your responses are appreciated. TIA!

[Curtis N]

Yes. Any EF or EF-S lens will work with your RebelXT, albeit with a smaller field of view than you got with 35mm film.

Any Canon Speedlite with "EX" in the model designation will work, too.

[eosslr]

EOS IX is an APS camera with EF mount, which means that all lenses released for this camera will be compatible with all of Canon's full-frame and APS-C digital and film cameras.

I can't speak for the flash, but you could try the lens you have on XTi and see if you like the results - my guess is that the quality will be substandard...

-A

[Mark_Cohran]

I have a Canon EOS IX Lite and it came with a 28-80mm 3.5-5.6 II lense. And I bought the 380EX Speedlite to go with it. Everything is about 7 years old.

Is the lense worth using with my new DSLR Canon Rebel XT? I haven't tried the lense or the flash yet with my new camera, not sure if it's compatible?

I currently have the kits lense (18-55mm) and I have a Sigma 17-70mm on it's way.

Your responses are appreciated. TIA!

The flash will work fine. I have a copy of the 28-80 (well, I actually have it loaned to my daughter, but I'm not going to ask for it back). It is, at best, an okay lens. It's certainly not one to get excited about. As with your kit lens, if can get sharp pictures when stopped down to about f8 or so, but it's pretty soft at the extreme end of the zoom range.

Mark

[ScottE]

The 380EX has the first generation of E-TTL flash control. It will work, but will not get exposure quite as well as more recent generations.

[Legend_073]

It's good to know that I can use them. Thanks everyone for your replys.

[purelithium]

One thing to note is that the 28-80 is the canon full-frame version of the "kit lens"

When you take into account the 1.6x crop factor of the newer APS-C digital cameras, the "new" 18-55 kit lens is an apporximate field of view equivalent to the older 28-80. But, if you use the 28-80, it will in effect become 45-128, quite a bit different field of view than on your old film camera.