Bought a canon t3 DSLR and was shopping for lenses but I'm not sure what mount the T3 has or what size lens to get! If someone knows and can help me ASAP I would really appreciate it. I read it's a 60 mm or 58 or 52 and then I read canon only makes one size and then that it's their EOS size or something do I'm very confused and new at this as you can see.
Well im a Nikon person, however, if it's a dslr I'm 99% sure any canon lens will fit on it Best bet would be to go into a local camera shop and ask them, and figure out what lens works best for you
All Canon EOS cameras have the EF mount. So when looking for lenses, you want to look for EF or EF-S. The EF-S lenses would be better for your camera because they're designed for the APS-C sized sensors (sensors that are not full frame like the 5D and such). The sizes that you are referring to in your post (52, 58, etc...) are thread sizes for filters that you can attach to your lens. They have nothing to do with your camera mount. Here's a list of the lenses you can buy Unless you have a specific lens in mind, I'd recommend the 50mm f/1.8. It's $100 and is incredibly sharp and great. It is a prime lens, so it doesn't zoom or anything, but for it's price, it's hard to beat.
[quote name='"chocobo"']All Canon EOS cameras have the EF mount. So when looking for lenses, you want to look for EF or EF-S. The EF-S lenses would be better for your camera because they're designed for the APS-C sized sensors (sensors that are not full frame like the 5D and such). The sizes that you are referring to in your post (52, 58, etc...) are thread sizes for filters that you can attach to your lens. They have nothing to do with your camera mount. Here's a list of the lenses you can buy Unless you have a specific lens in mind, I'd recommend the 50mm f/1.8. It's $100 and is incredibly sharp and great. It is a prime lens, so it doesn't zoom or anything, but for it's price, it's hard to beat.[/quote] This was extremely helpful, and so was the other post, not to leave you out. I saw lenses at a thrift store so I went back in to check if they had any canons but sadly, they did not. The list of lenses is very helpful too. What are the advantages of a prime lens, would you say.
I'm glad I was able to help. I prefer prime lenses because they don't have to do anything other than be prime. This usually means the glass is of higher quality because there aren't so many elements which gives you better image quality. Also, because they are a fixed lens, they tend to have better aperture ranges such as f/1.2, f/1.4, and f/1.8 which are great for lowlight situations. Obviously the disadvantage is that they can't zoom. You have to do that with your feet and sometimes, that's not always possible. So there will be times where you will have to compromise your shot or not get it all together. For future reference, the standard photography kit tends to be: 1 prime lens (usually 24mm, 35mm, or 50mm), 1 wide angle zoom (16-35mm, 17-40mm, or 18-55mm), and a 1 telephoto zoom (70-200mm, 70-300mm, 80-200mm). From there, you start to figure out what lens you use the most and what specialty lenses you'd like to own.