Old lenses

[Latham]

Where is a good place to find cheap old 2nd hand lenses, either nz or international stores. MF or AF. Also, how would connect old lenses onto a EF-S body?

[Redal]

Places to find old lenses, trademe and second hand stores, or try searching "alt lenses"
To connect them to your Canon Body you will need an adapter . The adapter will depend on the mount of the lens eg for a old Canon 200mmf4FD lens you will need a FD-EF adapter.
When using an adapter you will lose control of the lens via your camera, so all lenses will be MF and will need to have an aperture ring so you can manually adjust that.
Manually focusing with cropped cameras eg 1.6x or 1.5x is difficult, this might mean you well need to be a "right angle finder " or if you camera has it, live view.

One last thing to remember, finding a cheap, good old second hand lens wont be easy. When people sell just about anything these days, they do a search to see what it is worth, then set price accordingly.

I wish you all the best in your search , i was lucky enough to have looked a couple of years ago, and found some good lenses.

[Lazlo Woodbine]

I used to buy a lot of my kit second hand when I lived in the UK. It's much much harder to find second hand gear in New Zealand. Trade Me is definitely the place to start looking though. I found a Tamron 17mm lens on there not long ago for a good price.

I often used Mifsuds (http://www.mifsuds.com/acatalog/Second_Hand_Equipment.html) in the UK, or from forums like Talk Photography (http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=15). I'm sure a lot of the individual sellers on there would be happy to ship over here provided you paid for the postage.

[sonicfantom]

If you meant "FD mount" when you said "cheap old" lenses, bit of a caveat for you:

The FD mount has a shorter flange distance than the EF/EF-S mount. What this means is that you lose infinity focus (if you use a mechanical adapter) or you introduce aberations (if you use an optical adapter, which is also expensive).

Canon did make an official FD-EF adapter in 1987, but it was only distributed to working professionals with a large investment in expensive FD glass, and apparently it was only compatible with longer FD teles.

On to the good news: You can mount Pentax K, M42, Olympus OM, Nikon F, and Leica R with just plain old mechanical adapters.

[Latham]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-photography/Camera-accessories/Lenses/Minolta/auction-366767239.htm

and use

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-photography/Camera-accessories/Lenses/Other/auction-367286676.htm

Good Idea or not?