Is Canon EOS Rebel SL1 and Canon EF TS-E 17mm f/4 L compatible?

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Buy	Canon EOS Rebel SL1 Released: 2013 Type: Digital SLR Sensor: APS-C (1.6x) 18 Megapixels 5184 x 3456 pixels
Buy	Canon EF TS-E 17mm f/4 L Released: 2009 Wide Angle Lens (prime) & Tilt Shift Focal Length: 17 mm Aperture: f/4

Can you combine these two?

This is the short answer:

Yes! This combination is compatible

The camera and lens you have chosen can be used together. Here is a longer answer:

Canon all the way

The possibility to combine these two products is great since both Canon EOS Rebel SL1 and Canon EF TS-E 17mm f/4 L are manufactured by Canon.

Versitale lens

Canon EF TS-E 17mm f/4 L is constructed to work with all sorts of camera sensors including the one of Canon EOS Rebel SL1.

Lens does not support Autofocus

Canon EF TS-E 17mm f/4 L does not support autofocus but this is not because of the camera in any way since this lens only support manual focus.

Focal Length

The Canon camera has a sensor of type APS-C, a smaller version compared to a Full frame sensor, which means that your experienced Focal length will be multiplied by 1.6x.

Actual Focal Length for this lens:
17 mm

Experienced Focal Length with this camera:
27 mm

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Total weight

When you are looking at a combination of a camera and a lens you must always consider the total weight. Each product weighs in at:

Canon EOS Rebel SL1
407 gram

Canon EF TS-E 17mm f/4 L
820 gram

Together they have a total weight of 1227 gram (equal to 2,71 lb).