Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote:
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote on 02.11.05 16:35:
Only five years too late. I sold all my Nikkor AI series lenses and
1970s/1980s bodies in 2001 since it had been apparent that Nikon was
no longer going to support them for at least half a decade at that
point.
They've always supported AI(S) lenses in their pro bodies. I can't even
recall if there was an exception from this rule. The problem was only with
amateur cameras, as they've dropped it quite long time ago. D200 is rather
like a digital F100 - semi professional body, that supports AI(S) lenses
without any problems (just contrary to D200 F100 has compatibility at
analogue Pentax SLR level - no matrix metering, no apereture display - still
much more convenient than trick used in current Pentax DSLRs)
2000 is about when Nikon started to drop AI support in it's mid-range
bodies. Prior to the F/N80 and F/N60, Nikon's mid-range bodies supported
AI lenses. I'm another ex-Nikon guy, although I jumped a couple months
ago. I do rather wish Nikon had announced the D200 on sept 1 instead of
yesterday, although I am loving my *istD (And I'm up to 6 lenses as of
last night, when I added a Super Takumar 50/1.4 to the collection).
Note also that the Pentax DSLR's actually have better compatibility than
the current film SLR's other than the MZ-M (And MZ-6 if you live in a
country that still has stock). The *ist doesn't even provide stop-down
metering (Although it will do the Aperture Priority bit, making it
usable with M42 lenses) and the MZ-60 won't even release the shutter
with non-A lenses.
-Adam
