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Older Nikkor Manual Focus Lenses
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Quick question. I am thinking of maybe picking up some older Manual focus lenses on Ebay. I use a D80 and just wanted to check if there are any limitations to using old Nikkor or third party lenses? Are all Nikkor lenses compatible with the D80?
Cheers
Robbie
:DI believe that all non-AI (pre 1977) lens are not compatible. Other than that you should be ok.
Aside, you’ll of course also loose metering.Okay..so anything older than 1977 pretty much forget it? Thanks for that Mark. Handy to know.
Have a look on the Nikon site, I’m sure that they have a lens compatibility chart up there somewhere.
Great. Thanks Mark. Just been having a quick gander on ebay..and there are a few bargains to be had. Like everything…it’s taking a chance buying old 2nd hand stuff…but I’m not going to spend much so of it’s crap..well..not much lost. Hust might get lucky and pick up a beauty.
The Nikon F-mount has been around since 1955 so in that sense any lens since then will fit.
As Mark pointed out there are compatibility issues though in that some older lenses can’t be used with the in-camera meter, so you’ll need to buy a hand held meter. Others won’t have compatibility with the new Nikon flash system as they don’t feed distance information back etc. But leaving the fancy features aside, if you’re willing to do everything manually, then any lens will do ;)
Thanks Ciaran, I kinda figured that would be the case. Be interesting to play around with some old lenses anyway. Not planning on spending a whole heap on them. Really I’m just bored and wishing I was outside on a day like today… :wink:
:D Excellent Robbie :) I have my eye on a few more myself. As i said before , get a decent manual lens, when you get it right the quality is absolutely amazing..and well… get it wrong and you know yourself :) . I’ve kicked myself a few times after i’ve come home from shoots. Well worth the effort. You can borrow my 135 mm any time.
Thanks Ali..I might just take you up on that soon…just to get the feel for it … :D
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Thanks Ali..I might just take you up on that soon…just to get the feel for it … :D
Why did i laugh when I read that :lol: Jeeez what am i like. :)
Coz you have a VERY VERY naughty mind miss Ali and you are being a bold girl…heheheh!!!
I’m off home to bask in this glorious sunshine. It’s not much use for anything else!! :wink: :wink:
ciaran wrote:
The Nikon F-mount has been around since 1955 so in that sense any lens since then will fit.
As Mark pointed out there are compatibility issues though in that some older lenses can’t be used with the in-camera meter, so you’ll need to buy a hand held meter. Others won’t have compatibility with the new Nikon flash system as they don’t feed distance information back etc. But leaving the fancy features aside, if you’re willing to do everything manually, then any lens will do ;)
The non-AI lenses were made until 1977 or so. I have a 135mm non-AI lens which I converted for my d200. It only means that I filed down the aperture ring where it was necessary.. half an hour work and you save big bucks. it’s true that I don’t have af.. I also have a 300mm nikkor lens, which is ai and I love it. If you want examples, check out my flickr site and look for the long bird and architectural shots, they were all taken with the 300. I would advise you to only buy ai lenses. There are charts, where you can search by the serial number and check if the lens is ai compatible. Otherwise you would have to get your hands on it… Picking up an old 80-200 or 300 is a good deal, but I wouldn’t bother with the short lenses… Anyway, you can’t loose too much money as you said.
Good luck!
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