> From: chibitul smecher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi, I am not locked into any system, and I am considering a dSLR. I > think -and here please correct me if I am wrong!!!- that *istD is the > most compatible with older lenses. Canon (10d) doed not work with FD > lenses, and Nikon (D70) does not meter with manual linses. What about > *istD? I understand that there are some limitations, but you could use > manual lenses, right? althouhg the *istD is not quite cheap, I hope to > save on glass on eBay. please advice. Thanks!
I imagine you can get a converter to fit Canon FD lenses on a 10D, but you'd certainly lose a lot of functionality in terms of metering and such. Any Canon AF lens will work, which means anything made within the last 10 or more years. With an adapter, you can also mount screw-mount and even Nikon lenses on an EOS mount, with loss of automatic aperture control and possibly metering. I don't know about the Nikon D70 but the D100 does not even turn on the meter if you don't have a lens with a CPU attached--It works fine, but does not meter. You CAN get CPUs hacked in by non-Nikon technicians, but it's expensive enough not to be worth it unless you already have some expensive Nikon lenses. Any Nikon AF lens will work with full features. Because the back-focus on Nikons is quite large, basically nothing not designed to go on a Nikon can be convinced to work on a Nikon without an optical converter, and this decreases optical quality. The *istD with firmware 1.1 (should be shipping with this now, otherwise it is easy to download and apply) works fairly well with older lenses, plus can also use screw-mount lenses with an adapter (with loss of auto aperture, etc). DJE
