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Hey All,
New to the site and trying to get back into higher-end photography, mostly nature-oriented. I have (though with a broken battery door) a Nikon D5005 SLR camera with AF Nikkor 28-70mm, 1:2.5-4.5 and 70-210mm 1:4-5.6 lenses. I thought I'd done my lens compatibility research, so asked for a D3500 "body only" for Christmas. Unfortunately, the research I did, indicating "full compatibility," apparently didn't refer to vintage Nikkor lenses as old as mine. So, with the D3500, I get an "Incompatible lens" message for all but manual mode. And even the images from that are not what I was hoping for.
My questions...
1) Are there any currently available Nikon cameras that my lenses are compatible with?
2) If not, are there any older digital Nikon cameras that my lenses are compatible with, that I might look for used?
3) Am I just SOL and need to invest in new lenses?
Hope this is the right forum for this (it being my first post, I thought it appropriate), but if I should post this in gear, please let me know or move it there.
Thanks for any input / insight that anyone can provide,
Norm
New to the site and trying to get back into higher-end photography, mostly nature-oriented. I have (though with a broken battery door) a Nikon D5005 SLR camera with AF Nikkor 28-70mm, 1:2.5-4.5 and 70-210mm 1:4-5.6 lenses. I thought I'd done my lens compatibility research, so asked for a D3500 "body only" for Christmas. Unfortunately, the research I did, indicating "full compatibility," apparently didn't refer to vintage Nikkor lenses as old as mine. So, with the D3500, I get an "Incompatible lens" message for all but manual mode. And even the images from that are not what I was hoping for.
My questions...
1) Are there any currently available Nikon cameras that my lenses are compatible with?
2) If not, are there any older digital Nikon cameras that my lenses are compatible with, that I might look for used?
3) Am I just SOL and need to invest in new lenses?
Hope this is the right forum for this (it being my first post, I thought it appropriate), but if I should post this in gear, please let me know or move it there.
Thanks for any input / insight that anyone can provide,
Norm