Help please D300 compatibility for using a lens for full frame sensor

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I've searched the forums and can't find the answer to this.

I'm thinking of buying the 14-24 lens (primarily for landscape) that is for a full frame D700 etc can anyone tell me if this will function on the D300 please?

I know that you can use DX lenses on the D700 with the crop factor but can you do it the other way round and use the full frame lens on a smaller sensor?

At some stage in the future I will be upgrading to a full frame camera and this is my reason for asking. Thanks in advance.
Mick
 
It will work perfectly, just you won't see this lens at its best till you upgrade to full frame.
 
SparkUK said:
It will work perfectly, just you won't see this lens at its best till you upgrade to full frame.
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Thanks Chris, it is my intention to upgrade to full frame and didn't want to buy a DX lens that would be redundant on the full frame. I will at some stage have to ditch the DX lenses that I have when i do upgrade and thought that I might as well start to buy lenses for a full frame sensor.

Mick
 
You can use a 14-24mm full frame lens on an APS-C body and with the crop factor it will effectively be 14-24mm x 1.5 = 21-36mm.

At the wide end every mm has an effect so if you want to go wider a 10-20mm with the effect of 15-30mm will look noticeably wider than a 14-24mm lens looking like 21-36mm, but wont give you FF on a FF body. Such is life.
 
woof woof said:
You can use a 14-24mm full frame lens on an APS-C body and with the crop factor it will effectively be 14-24mm x 1.5 = 21-36mm.

At the wide end every mm has an effect so if you want to go wider a 10-20mm with the effect of 15-30mm will look noticeably wider than a 14-24mm lens looking like 21-36mm, but wont give you FF on a FF body. Such is life.
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Thank you Woof. As it is my intention to go full frame at some stage soon I think I would be a bit daft to fork out for a new lens that won't be of any real use on the full frame camera. i take your point entirely about every mm counting at the wide end.
Mick
 
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