Nikon lens for digital camera

On 12/5/08 9:45 AMDec 5, "Beyond X" wrote:

One candidate on my mind is Nikon D90 for the reason that I hear that
Nikon digital SLR cameras can use the Nikon lenses made for film SLR
camera such as Nikkor series. If true, it will save money because I own
Nikon F4 and several Nikkor lenses such as 135mm or 80-300 mm zoom lens.
My first question is whether or not those Nikkor lenses made for the
film camera can really fit to Nikon digital SLR like D90 with all
feature still working.

The physical mounting for reasonably recent lenses are the same. Whether or
not you will get feature compatibility depends on the specific lenses. The
D90 is a nice entry level DSLR but it does not gice as much compatibility
as some of the higher priced models (e.g. D300)

Look at this chart
http://www.nikonians.org/html/resour...ompatibility.h
tml for some detailed compatibility information.

"Eric Stevens" wrote in message
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On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:45:43 +0900, Beyond X
wrote:

I am thinking to purchase a digital camera for the first time.
Please
bear my amateurish questions.
One candidate on my mind is Nikon D90 for the reason that I hear
that
Nikon digital SLR cameras can use the Nikon lenses made for film SLR
camera such as Nikkor series. If true, it will save money because I
own
Nikon F4 and several Nikkor lenses such as 135mm or 80-300 mm zoom
lens.
My first question is whether or not those Nikkor lenses made for the
film camera can really fit to Nikon digital SLR like D90 with all
feature still working.
My second question is that if the answer to the first question is
yes,
what the actual focal length will be when a lens such as 135 mm
Nikkor
is used with a digital camera such as Nikon D90. Especially will a
wide
angle lens (such as AF Nikkor 24-70mm zoom lens) similarly function
with
a digita SLR?
Thanks for your time.

People have told you quite a lot about what the lens will continue
to
do. However if your older lenses are not 'computer' lenses there is
quite a lot which they will not enable the camera to do.
Eric Stevens

Please name the things you say "computer lenses" can do that the older
Nikon Autofocus lenses cannot?

nospam wrote:

all lenses have a 1.5x conversion, so your 135 will be equivalent to a
202mm lens and the 24-70 would be equivalent to a 36-105mm.

You should rephrase that.


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"Beyond X" wrote in message
...

One candidate on my mind is Nikon D90 for the reason that I hear that
Nikon digital SLR cameras can use the Nikon lenses made for film SLR
camera such as Nikkor series. If true, it will save money because I own
Nikon F4 and several Nikkor lenses such as 135mm or 80-300 mm zoom lens.
My first question is whether or not those Nikkor lenses made for the film
camera can really fit to Nikon digital SLR like D90 with all feature still
working.

If they are AF lenses, the answer is yes. If not, the lens will still fit
but it may be that the meter won't work.

My second question is that if the answer to the first question is yes,
what the actual focal length will be when a lens such as 135 mm Nikkor is
used with a digital camera such as Nikon D90. Especially will a wide angle
lens (such as AF Nikkor 24-70mm zoom lens) similarly function with a
digita SLR?

The actual focal length does not change. However, because of the smaller
sensor, the lens will give you the angle of view that a lens with 1.5x the
focal length would on your F4.

So if you have a 24-70mm lens, it would behave on a D90 like a 36-105mm lens
would behave on your F4.

If I were going to buy a D90, I would buy a 16-85mm lens along with it.
Most people will probably buy the 18-105mm lens that is sold with it as a
kit, but I would rather give up something on the long end to get a little
extra on the short end. That's my taste; yours may be different.

"J. Clarke" wrote in message
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they'll fit and autofocus will work, however, on a d90 you'll only
have manual exposure (not a huge deal with an lcd on the back). for
auto exposure you will need to step up to the d300.

Huh? What AF lenses will not meter on a d90?

I think that the previous poster may be confusing the D90 with the D60,
which does not have a mechanical autofocus coupling.

"Frank Arthur" wrote in message
...

People have told you quite a lot about what the lens will continue to
do. However if your older lenses are not 'computer' lenses there is
quite a lot which they will not enable the camera to do.
Eric Stevens

Please name the things you say "computer lenses" can do that the older
Nikon Autofocus lenses cannot?

My understanding is that the D90 offers full functionality with every Nikon
AF lens.

"J. Clarke" wrote:
nospam wrote:
they'll fit and autofocus will work, however, on a d90 you'll only
have manual exposure (not a huge deal with an lcd on the back). for
auto exposure you will need to step up to the d300.

Huh? What AF lenses will not meter on a d90?

AF-lenses will be fine, but we have no evidence that the OP's lenses are
AF. If they are pre-AI-P then they will indeed not meter on the D90.

jue

"Jürgen Exner" wrote in message
...

AF-lenses will be fine, but we have no evidence that the OP's lenses are
AF. If they are pre-AI-P then they will indeed not meter on the D90.

If the OP is accustomed to using manual-focus lenses on an F4, then adapting
to a D90 should not be too difficult :-)

In article ,
Andrew Koenig wrote:

they'll fit and autofocus will work, however, on a d90 you'll only
have manual exposure (not a huge deal with an lcd on the back). for
auto exposure you will need to step up to the d300.

Huh? What AF lenses will not meter on a d90?

I think that the previous poster may be confusing the D90 with the D60,
which does not have a mechanical autofocus coupling.

no, i was thinking of manual focus lenses which won't meter on the d90.

autofocus lenses will be fully functional.

On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 09:46:40 -0500, "Frank Arthur"
wrote:


"Eric Stevens" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:45:43 +0900, Beyond X
wrote:

I am thinking to purchase a digital camera for the first time.
Please
bear my amateurish questions.
One candidate on my mind is Nikon D90 for the reason that I hear
that
Nikon digital SLR cameras can use the Nikon lenses made for film SLR
camera such as Nikkor series. If true, it will save money because I
own
Nikon F4 and several Nikkor lenses such as 135mm or 80-300 mm zoom
lens.
My first question is whether or not those Nikkor lenses made for the
film camera can really fit to Nikon digital SLR like D90 with all
feature still working.
My second question is that if the answer to the first question is
yes,
what the actual focal length will be when a lens such as 135 mm
Nikkor
is used with a digital camera such as Nikon D90. Especially will a
wide
angle lens (such as AF Nikkor 24-70mm zoom lens) similarly function
with
a digita SLR?
Thanks for your time.

People have told you quite a lot about what the lens will continue
to
do. However if your older lenses are not 'computer' lenses there is
quite a lot which they will not enable the camera to do.
Eric Stevens

Please name the things you say "computer lenses" can do that the older
Nikon Autofocus lenses cannot?

It depends to some extent on the camera. The details are given in the
camera manual. For example the D300 manual states that it requires a
computer lens for:

1. Autofocus.
2. Program and Shutter priority exposure modes.
3. 3D Metering.

Its actually more complicated than that and the above deficiencies can
to some extent be made good by registering lens data in the camera.
The D70 has similar limitations.

You need to read the section of the manual which deals with
'Compatible Lenses'.



Eric Stevens