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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / March 2005new digital body - old lenses
I started with digigal cameras with a simple point and shoot. I'd now like to evolve into a slr system. I have a couple of older Nikon lenses that I used with my Nikon film bodies. A macro lens: Nikon Micro-Nikkor-P.C. Auto 1:3.5 f=55mm A longer lens: Nikkor-Q Auto 1:3.5 f=135mm Is there a Nikon digital body that would allow me to use these lenses? (I am particularly fond of the macro lens for close-up work re: geology /tissue samples) - or are the mount standards different /evolved? > I started with digigal cameras with a simple point and shoot. I'd now > like to evolve into a slr system. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > geology /tissue samples) - or are the mount standards different > /evolved? Yes, any of them. Also the Fuji DSLRs (S1, S2, S3) and the Kodak DSLRs. However, the ones based on consumer bodies, including the three Fuji's and the Nikon D100 and D70, will not *meter* with these older lenses. Given the histogram display and the immediate feedback, I don't find this a problem; I use my older AIS lenses quite a lot. But some people find it a serious problem, either because of their own habits, or the types of photography they do. The D1 and D2, and the older Kodak models (before the 14), based on pro-level bodies, will meter with these older lenses.  SignatureDavid Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@dd-b.net>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/> >> A macro lens: Nikon Micro-Nikkor-P.C. Auto 1:3.5 f=55mm >> A longer lens: Nikkor-Q Auto 1:3.5 f=135mm >> >Yes, any of them. Also the Fuji DSLRs (S1, S2, S3) and the Kodak >DSLRs. Assuming you convert the lenses to Ai. SignatureThat was it. Done. The faulty Monk was turned out into the desert where it could believe what it liked, including the idea that it bad been done by. It was allowed to keep its horse, since horses where so cheap to make. -- Douglas Adams in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency >>> A macro lens: Nikon Micro-Nikkor-P.C. Auto 1:3.5 f=55mm >>> A longer lens: Nikkor-Q Auto 1:3.5 f=135mm [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Assuming you convert the lenses to Ai. Hmmmm, I wasn't looking closely enough at exactly the lenses he listed! My oldest Nikon lenses date back to 1980, and are AIS; I tend to forget that some people may actually be using still older examples! SignatureDavid Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@dd-b.net>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/> >>>> A macro lens: Nikon Micro-Nikkor-P.C. Auto 1:3.5 f=55mm >>>> A longer lens: Nikkor-Q Auto 1:3.5 f=135mm [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > listed! My oldest Nikon lenses date back to 1980, and are AIS; I tend > to forget that some people may actually be using still older examples! I'm using lenses from the 70's that were recently converted. Great images, although I can't use the meter in the camera. Incredible images from my 55mm macro. [ ... ] >> Hmmmm, I wasn't looking closely enough at exactly the lenses he >> listed! My oldest Nikon lenses date back to 1980, and are AIS; I tend [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >although I can't use the meter in the camera. Incredible images from my >55mm macro. Note that some of those lenses (but not all) can be retrofitted with a CPU to give you at least the metering, and camera body control of lens aperture -- though certainly not the autofocus. I have (so far) had one lens converted -- a 180mm f2.8 Nikor, which works flawlessly with my D70 -- unless you mind that it records the focal length as 300 mm in the information recorded in the photos. (It has not been a problem for me, since I don't *own* a 300mm lens to confuse it with. :-) The fellow who does the conversions may sometimes take longer than the lens' owner would like, but it works nicely in my experience based on this one example. I'm likely to send off my 20mm f2.8 next. Enjoy, DoN. SignatureEmail: <dnichols@d-and-d.com> | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- > [ ... ] > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > with a CPU to give you at least the metering, and camera body control of > lens aperture -- though certainly not the autofocus. Unfortunately, most of the ones I care about can't be. And given how badly TTL flash works in the S2, I'm less interested than I might otherwise be in chipping the lenses. I've also heard some recent reports of problems with the main guy doing it. > I have (so far) had one lens converted -- a 180mm f2.8 Nikor, > which works flawlessly with my D70 -- unless you mind that it records [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > than the lens' owner would like, but it works nicely in my experience > based on this one example. I'm likely to send off my 20mm f2.8 next. Last I checked the 58mm f1.2 NOCT wasn't eligible (no f1.2 chips). A couple of the others are, but it hasn't reached the top of the stack. SignatureDavid Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@dd-b.net>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/> Which Canon 35mm lenes will work as seemlessly as a "digital" lens? (For a Digital Rebel.) > Which Canon 35mm lenes will work as seemlessly as a "digital" lens? > (For a Digital Rebel.) If you mean EF mount lenses, all of them. If you mean FD mount lenses, none of them. Some of the EF mount lenses produce better images than others, we were disappointed in the quality of the 28-105 on our 20D that worked ok with our 10D, the fisheye lenses don't have nearly the distortion that they do on film, so on... SignatureSkip Middleton http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com |
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