I was recently given an Olympus C8080 digital SLR camera for Christmas. This is a major step up from our typical Kodak digital cameras. I'm very interested in taking photography as a hobby. I'd like to know how do I attach lenses (ex. telefoto), how do filters work with lenses (ex. polaraized, uv, etc.), and what brand lenses do I need to look for for a beginner? Any advice is greatly appreciated!

I've got my Dad's old Pentax Program A 35mm Film SLR camera
And I want to buy a new strap and basic lens for it.
Will DIGITAL SLR camera lenses fit for this camera?
Or do I have to spend the next 4 years searhcing through eBay and the newspaper?

Which lense models will fit this camera?

AND OH
HOW DO I CHANGE THE SHUTTER SPEED?
I can't figure it out.

THANKS.

If I purchase a Nikon digital SLR camera will I be able to use the telephoto lenses from my film SLR Nikon?

I am looking to buy a book or books for my Dads birthday. He has brought a new digital camera (Olympus E410 and Lens Digital SLR Camera). He knows how to use a digital camera, but wants to get more out of it.
Anyone know any good books?

I have a Minolta Maxxum autofocus film camera. I have a Maxxum AF Zoom 28-85mm lens. Will this fit on a digital SLR camera? Is it worth it to try and find a camera to fit it or just buy a new lens?

Which is the best value among these 4 SRL camera and lens combinations. I'm looking for a camera a lens combination which is clean, crisp and sharp. I will be using a tripod. I know that the lens are the most important thing but I'm torn between these 4 combinations and don't know which one to buy. My hunch is Nikon is best but I've heard good things and some gray things about all of them. Can you help me pick the right camera? I shoot people, animals and landscapes. I'm not a beginner but I've never owned a SRL.

These are the cameras I'm torn between for my budget.

1. Sony Alpha DSLRA300K 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera with Super SteadyShot Image Stabilization with DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens

2. Nikon D60 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S DX VR Nikkor Zoom Lens

3.Olympus Evolt E510 10MP Digital SLR Camera with CCD Shift Image Stabilization and 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 and 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 Zuiko Lenses

4. Pentax K200D 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera with Shake Reduction 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens

I am using a Canon Digital SLR camera, but am definitely open to getting a Nikon later on. I already have an expensive Canon lens, but am open to getting a Nikon body, and a few lenses.

I have an old Pentax Spotmatic SLR that the body is shot. I do however, have all kinds of lenses, macro attachments, and slide copier. My question is: Is there a digital SLR camera available that I could use the old Pentax accessories on? The body accepts 50mm screw-on lenses.

I am doing AS photography and am saving up for a digital SLR camera, I do not have that much monney, and most of the cameras I have looked at are around £400, this is fine, but I am not sure what I should get, or should I buy the lens seperately, any suggestions on what camera/ lens i should get, and where i can buy them from, thankyou

My dad just gave me his old Minolta film camera with 3 lenses. Minolta went out of business since he's had it but I would like to get a digital SLR camera body that would fit all the lenses he gave me. Anyone know of a digital camera body that would fit Minolta's film lenses?

I would like to know if I can use these camera lens in a digital SLR camera body?
Thanks.

I have three great working manual lenses from my old Sears SLR 35MM camera. These lenses are Pentex K mount. Will they work on a digital SLR camera body as long as it is also a K mount digital camera.

I look for an adapter that allows the digital SLR camera's built-in metering function to work properly

digital SLR camera's lenses

My Praktica BC1 model came with zoom and wide angle lenses. They have M42 x 1 thread and I would like to use them with a new Digital SLR camera. Do any of the modern Digital SLR cameras (Canon, Minolta, Sony, etc) have the same thread, and so may be compatible with the lenses I have? Thank you.

should I buy a D40 Digital SLR 2 Lens Camera Outfit w/18-55mm ED II DX AF-S & 55-200mm ED DX AF-S Lenses -52mm- or a
Nikon D-50 6.0MP Digital SLR Camera with a 28-80mm LENS and 70-300mm LENS? do i need to buy a flash too? the later deal is second hand and is on ebay and it says it's like new. the first deal is brand new. both of the cameras have two lenses.

This is my first digital Slr camera and I have read somewhere 35mm Slr camera lenses interchange if the same make? Can anyone tell me if this is correct?

I don't know much about photography but am interested in getting a good Telephoto lense for my Nikon D50 digital SLR camera. Any recomendations?

Ok found a great deal on Nikon D60 10.2 Mega pixel digital SLR camera. i plan on buying it but i also want to order an extra lens or two. I dont know much about pro photography but im learning. i read up on the different mm's and what they are used for. the Nikon comes with an 18-55mm lens but i want a telephoto to go with it. i found a good deal on a 20-210mm lens on amazon but my question is = how do i know what lenses will fit on my camera??? are all lens the same fitting? is there a specific size fitting? i saw something about a aperture range but that does not sound like a physical "thing" more of something to do with light.

is there anything else i should know about cameras before buying/ in general?
ALSO: whats a good multi purpose size/ dimension (mm) lens

My mom has an old Cannon A-1 and an old Cannon EOS film camera, both of these cameras are from the 80s or early 90s and I was wondering if her lenses would work if I bought a new Cannon digital SLR camera such as the Cannon Digital Rebel XT or a Cannon EOS 20D. Or better yet if I got a new D-SLR would these cannon lenses work with any kind of SLR say for example a Sony or a Nikon?

I am thinking of upgrading from a 35 mm SLR to a digital SLR. I have really good lenses.(Regular which came with the Pentax , Macro and Zoom I bought , they are Sigma lenses.) I have a pentax camera and Sigma lenses. Which are working fine together.
Would the lenses I have been using fit on any digital SLR camera or do the digital cameras require different lenses. someone kind of told me that every digital camera has a differnt mount for lenses. I am asking here because I need to hear it from another source. Thanks

Does anyone know what a digital SLR camera lens of 40mm-150mm is equal to in a optical zoom in a digital point and shoot camera?

Im just going into photography now. I know very little. I was recently given a Nikon film slr camera with a set of awesome lenses. I was planning to buy a Nikon digital slr camera and was wondering if I could use the film camera lenses on the digital camera. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I recently got a Digital SLR camera (Canon Rebel XT) and my dad has several good lenses for an older film-based SLR camera. The lenses are different in the fact that the old ones have 3 "blade" type metal pieces at the bottom instead of the relatively flat new lens. Is there something I can get to use the old lenses on my new camera? I really want to use that lens
Thanks guys, will do a little more research and see if there is an adapter available.

I have a Chinon CS SLR 35 mm camera with a 50mm standard lens and a 135 mm telephoto. These lenses screw on the camera body. Most newer cameras have bayonet mounts. Can I adapt the existing lenses to fit a digital SLR camera body?