That's what I love about the Nikon system - I can use lenses from the original Nikon F on the current digital full frame bodies. They mount directly with no adapter, or anything. The old manual lenses are very cheap now as well - you can get excellent glass for a fraction of the cost in the film days.
On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 1:44 PM Peter Frederick via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I have always suspected the real issue is that the manufacturer wants to > sell all new plastic craptastic lenses rather than include the necessary > linkages to use old lenses on the new digital bodies. > > And until recently, you could sell a junk lens too, the sensor resolution > was so low a high resolution lens was wasted. > > I've never seen any real research that indicates the light path direction > issue is in fact something anyone would care about. > > Annoys me endlessly as I have a wide assortment of decent to excellent > Olympus OM lenses that are now digital orphans. Pen F stuff is hot though, > as they adapt to the 4/3 cameras very easily, so with the effort of manual > exposure and focus you get absolutely superb lenses for cheap. > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
