Will an old film camera lens fit?
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Brian, using MF lenses on DSLRs is a whole world in itself and you'll find a thriving community here http://forum.mflenses.com as well as at other places including facebook.
I can't say what goes on with Nikon but you might experience issues with infinity focus, interference with the mirror in your camera but worst of all, an overwhelming urge to keep buying and using all kinds of old lenses!!
I can't say what goes on with Nikon but you might experience issues with infinity focus, interference with the mirror in your camera but worst of all, an overwhelming urge to keep buying and using all kinds of old lenses!!
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The lenses from my other half's Nikon FM2 do fit on his D60 but the D60 will only recognise them when the camera is in manual
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The great thing about Nikon is they have never change their mount,which is great if you love buying older lens,nearly all of them will work
The not so great thing about Nikon is that while their physical lens mount doesn't really change, they change the electrical connections and computery bits all the time - which is why you can only use manual mode with old lenses on their cameras. Ironically, if you mount Nikon lenses to Canon cameras with an adapter (less than a tenner) you get better compatibility with full metering and aperture priority mode
This is true enough that many of the members of the MF Lens Forum who collect Nikon lenses use Canon SLR bodies to shoot with them because it's just easier than doing it on Nikon bodies.The not so great thing about Nikon is that while their physical lens mount doesn't really change, they change the electrical connections and computery bits all the time - which is why you can only use manual mode with old lenses on their cameras. Ironically, if you mount Nikon lenses to Canon cameras with an adapter (less than a tenner) you get better compatibility with full metering and aperture priority mode
Great for Canon users as well,to be honest not got any myself,prefer autofocus,but a couple of lens I would mine owning,even if I did have to use manual
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The not so great thing about Nikon is that while their physical lens mount doesn't really change, they change the electrical connections and computery bits all the time - which is why you can only use manual mode with old lenses on their cameras. Ironically, if you mount Nikon lenses to Canon cameras with an adapter (less than a tenner) you get better compatibility with full metering and aperture priority mode
well yeah kinda, but not really.....it depends which Nikon body you are using, to suggest all Nikon bodys require you to use M with old lenses just isn't true, neither is the chopping and changing of electrical connections, old AI AI-s lenses don't even have contacts.
Rockwells lens compatibility chart posted above charts exactly what will do what, mounted to what.
It is true to say that canon bodys provide compatibility with an adapter across a broader range of their bodys than nikon...
Nobody starting from scratch, intending to shoot old nikon lenses would buy a canon body to do it, more likely it is a convenient feature for shooters who have already invested in a canon system.
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well yeah kinda, but not really.....it depends which Nikon body you are using, to suggest all Nikon bodys require you to use M with old lenses just isn't true, neither is the chopping and changing of electrical connections, old AI AI-s lenses don't even have contacts.
Rockwells lens compatibility chart posted above charts exactly what will do what, mounted to what.
It is true to say that canon bodys provide compatibility with an adapter across a broader range of their bodys than nikon...
Nobody starting from scratch, intending to shoot old nikon lenses would buy a canon body to do it, more likely it is a convenient feature for shooters who have already invested in a canon system.
That may be true. This is just what I've picked up from the MF lens forums, and through using a Nikon lens on my own Canon body. I just find it amusing that you need a chart to work out what lens will work on what body for Nikon while so long as it has the standard Nikon mount, it will flat out work on a Canon.
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The great thing about Nikon is they have never change their mount,which is great if you love buying older lens,nearly all of them will work
Until this year..
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The not so great thing about Nikon is that while their physical lens mount doesn't really change, they change the electrical connections and computery bits all the time - which is why you can only use manual mode with old lenses on their cameras. Ironically, if you mount Nikon lenses to Canon cameras with an adapter (less than a tenner) you get better compatibility with full metering and aperture priority mode
You can't really add new features without adding electrical connections so that is inevitable.
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I don't need the chart, the chart is posted for your benefit, and anybody else that doesn't know.
Since you are failing again to include any detail or caveats in your post, and I'm not prepared to go on filling them in.
I've kinda run out of care on this one.