I have an old canon ( A-1 series just before the FT and EF series) and wish to know if there is a digital camera or mount that will fit some of the zoom , wide angle lenses that could be used with an A-1 Canon Camera ? Canon FT and FD mounts will not work with any DSLR (you can adapt and mount, but with no metering... what's the point?)
Minolta/Sony did the same thing .... MC and MD mounts will not work either.
Nikon you can mount older AI/AI-S series on a D200/D2xs and meter but not on D80/70 or lower.
Olympus Evolt series will mount older OM lenses with a $100 adapter from Olympus. I do not know if the meter runs active.
Pentax can mount and meter off A series, and can step-down meter with M and S series.
So depending upon which system you invest in as to how much compatibility with older lenses you have. Don't worry though, those systems that changes their mounts have autofocus versions of most the manual lenses out there. The FT series will not work. The EF is the current mount Canon is using so yes the EF mounts will work with the current Canon Digtial Cameras.
Edit: brian really shut up about the mount change. its really annoying how you keep calling Canon "cr**" just because they changed their mounts 20 years ago. You got screw by Canon. The greatest camera maker in the world.(The last part is sarcasm the first part is true)
I guess Canon people can't take the truth. | 