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Is it possible to use analog lenses for digital cameras?

I have found a lot of older lenses for canon mounts in storage. My father was big into photography, there must be 15 lenses in every shape and size. These are atleast ten years old or more. Does anyone know if you can use “analog” lenses with current digital canon cameras? Is there pro's cons to using them? Thanks.

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1. If they're manual focus lenses, they won't work on Canon digitals or film autofocus cameras. However, you can buy an adapter -- google for FD to EF adapter. If they're AF you'll have no problems. HTH V2K1
2. All lenses are analog. They either are exposing film or a sensor ... nothing becomes digital until the information leaves the sensor and gets to the analog to digital converter on the DSLR. That said, if the old Canon lenses were made after 1985 (EOS system) then they will work on any EOS camera. If they were made before then, the will not work on any of the current canon cameras. From Ken Rockwell: "Canon flushed compatibility down the toilet in 1985 when it created a new and completely incompatible system of AF cameras and lenses called EOS. Nothing works together before or after the great divide of 1985."