At 9:22 AM +0800 4/23/02, R Sriram wrote:
>| Speaking of, I've often thought that a proper Nikon F adapter would
>| be a really cool thing. It'd be a metal adapter ring that would let
>| you attach Nikon F lenses to EOS bodies, but would also contain a
>| small computer chip to convert the data protocols between the EOS
>| body and the F lens on the fly. The converters could drive the
>| autofocus motors in Nikon AF lenses. Manual focus lenses would just
>| be focussed normally, of course.
>
>This won't work. Most Nikon lenses use stone age technology - motors
>in the body driving the lenses through a screwdriver blade. You'll
>have to get a powerful motor in that 1mm of space :)
Sorry - to clarify - the converters could drive the autofocus lenses
in those Nikon AF lenses which have them. (eg: AF-S lenses) Naturally
you'd have to focus manually when using lenses which lack integral AF
motors.
- Neil K.
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