Lens compatibility

theboat

Hi all,

I've been using a Nikon FM2 for the past couple of months, and I'm looking into buying a DSLR come the summer.
Just wondering if the lenses I'm using on the film SLR would fit on a (Nikon, obviously) DSLR?

(I'm thinking mainly of the nifty fifty...)

Cheers,
Rowan.

Nforce

Lens will fit ok as it's the same F-mount, though depending on the dslr model, you may have metering/AF issues with some of the older lenses.

dakar

Assuming that it's the older AF nifty fifty and not the newer AF-S 50mm f1.4G lens, it will only autofocus on the bodies with an on board AF motor.

In the current range, that means anything from the D90 up (or a second hand D50 D70 D80 D200 etc) but will be MF only with a D3000 D5000 D40 or D60. IIRC it will meter fine with any of these bodies.

Edit: of course if it's a manual focus 50 since it's being used with an FM, you have no worries!

DaireQuinlan

Assuming it's an AFD lens then what dakar said is correct. If it's an older MF AI or AIS then there are further issues, namely that it won't meter on anything other than the midrange and upper range nikon bodies, the d100/d200/d300/d700 or D1/2/3.

Slidinginfinity

I find these helpful for finding lens compatibility:

http://www.nikonians.org/nikon/slr-lens.html

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/compatibility-lens.htm



















I know, I mentioned Rockwell:eek:

DaireQuinlan

Slidinginfinity wrote: »

I know, I mentioned Rockwell:eek:

That's ok, he has his uses occasionally