Can an EF-M lens be adapted to a Canon 7D (EF-S mount)?
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I accidentally bought a Canon EF-M lens for my Canon 7D. I know Canon EF and EF-S lenses can be adapted to EOS M cameras, but can an EF-M lens be adapted to work on a Canon 7D or other EF/EF-S DSLR body?
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It is not possible to convert an EF-M lens to fit EF-S cameras. This has to do with the shorter flange focal distance of the EF-M mount. The flange focal distance (FFD) of the EF-M is 18 mm and for EF-S it's 44 mm. The greater FFD of the EF-S mount is to accommodate the mirror of the DSLR:s that use them. The EOS M is mirrorless and can therefore be made smaller by having a shorter FFD.
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It's possible to use EF-S and EF lenses on EOS M bodies by using an adapter that only acts as a spacer and an electrical contact interface. An adapter for EF-M lenses on EF-S bodies would unfortunately be required to be of a negative thickness and is therefore not possible to make.
Further answer: it technically possible to adapt lenses with a shorter FFD than the body mount they are adapted to by using adapters with lenses. Unfortunately this makes them act as teleconverters and for the case EF-M lenses on EF-S bodies drastically change the lens characteristics as well as the image quality they produce.
Canon has made an adapter for lenses using the FD mount (FFD 42 mm) for EF mount bodies (44 mm). This is a very small difference in FFD so the change in image quality as well as the teleconverter effect of the adapter was not that significant.
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No. An EF-M lens cannot be practically adapted to a Canon 7D or other Canon EF/EF-S DSLR body.
The reason is flange focal distance: EF-M lenses are designed to sit much closer to the sensor because EOS M cameras are mirrorless. A Canon 7D has a DSLR mirror box, so EF/EF-S lenses must sit farther from the sensor.
Adapters work from EF/EF-S lenses to EOS M because they simply add space and pass through the electronic contacts. To go the other way, the adapter would need to place the EF-M lens closer to the sensor than the DSLR mount physically allows—effectively requiring an adapter with “negative thickness,” which isn’t possible.
So for a 7D, you’ll need an EF or EF-S lens instead.
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