Beginner Nikon Dx lens on a Nikon F75

[meddyliol]

I am getting a Nikon AF-S 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED DX lens to use with my Nikon D90. Can I use this lens on my Nikon F75 film camera?

Cheers

Brian

 

[simon ess]

You can use it but you'll have severe vignetting.

 

[meddyliol]

OK, thanks for that. Does that mean all DX lenses will suffer the same fate?

 

[HarveyM]

Yes it does, as DX lenses only produce an image circle big enough to cover the crop sensor, which is smaller than the exposed 35mm film.

 

[simon ess]

The only exception that I've found is the ultra wide DX lenses, eg, Tokina 11-16 or Sigma 10-20.

They are fine if you don't go wider than about 14mm.

I use my Tokina on my F80 at 16mm quite a lot.

 

[meddyliol]

Ok, thanks for the info. Will have to stick with the lens it came with then. Not that I use it very often though.

 

[AJQS]

The 35mm f1.8 DX is supposed to be usable on FF with very minor vignetting, But as it's cheaper to get an optically superior 35mm f2 for Full frame I don't know why anyone would really want to bother.

I used to use my Tokina 11-16mm on my F100 too, looks funky at 11mm!

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