I'm a recent beginner photographer and own a Canon R10. Someone recently gave me a Nikon DX AF-S 55-200 lens (see pic). I'd love to be able to use it with my Canon if at all possible, as it is quite fast (1.4-5.6). Is there an adapter that would work with my R10? Appreciate any help you can provide. Thanks so much
I know you can find F mount adapters to mount to canon EF. Mounting old manual lenses on new gear is quite common across different platforms. Current generation to current generation would be a huge legal issue for anyone to try and convert via an adapter assuming there are no flange distance issues. There is no way these competitors want their gear mounting and working on the other brands hardware. If an adapter would be made it would be more than the cost of the lens. Now the best suggestion i have is shop around and see if you can pick up a nice low mileage canon from maybe 10+ years back as a beater nikon camera for like $100 bucks and then you can use the lens and also have something you can take where you may second guess bringing your R10. YOu can look at KEH camera and ebay for pricing on old bodies then probably find a better deal on Facebook or craigslist.
Also i don't want to break the bad news but its not that fast of a lens it is a 1: 4.0 or 5.6 it is not a 1.4 so its widest is 4.0 at 55 and 5.6 on the second half of the zoom range. I have never seen a 1.4 to 5.6 variable lens and it surely would not cost $200 new. The longest 1.4 I can think of off hand is not a zoom, its the sigma art which is 105mm.($1600). At the ~70-200 mm range about the widest you will see is 2.8 and that will cost ya $2500.
My old eyes missed that completely. Thanks for pointing that out. As an aside, I wonder what the 1: refers to?
Its a ratio of aperture size to focal length so that is why you will see 1:X, its also why as lenses get longer it becomes a huge design limitation to go extremely wide and when you do on say a 500mm it is a long and wide and heavy lens that costs a small fortune.
