DX lenses on FX Body??

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My friend has a D80 and would like to try out my D700. He has the 18-55 DX lens will this fit on my D700 and are there any shortfalls.
I dont want to do him a favour and damage my camera if they are not compatible, appreciate any help.
Dave
 
It will physically fit on BUT you'll get massive vignetting so not really worth doing. Why not lend him a lens too?
 
Thanks Nawty - I willbe lending him my 24-70 as well but since he only has DX lenses I was wondering what the problems may be.
Cheers
Dave
 
As stated above it will work fine but you will go from a 12 megapixel camera to a 6 megapixel camera so he wouldn't be getting the full feel of the full frame sensor...
Again as stated above why not lend him a lens as well so they can really appreciate the full frame sensor.

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Joel
 
No probs, and when I say vignetting, I mean massive black blocks all around the edges of the picture - still, might be a good education exercise :)

Edit: I suppose the D700 does have a 'cropped mode' which would be hlepful for comparing lenses but of no use for exploring the benefits of a full frame sensor.
 
Page 373 of the D700 manual has a list of the lenses and other accessories that can NOT be used on the D700.

In its Dx mode, the D700 gives images of closer to 5MP than 6MP (5.145MP). Better (IMO) to shoot in Fx mode then do your own cropping (and far better {again, IMO} to avoid Dx lenses altogether).
 
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