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- From: bongers@gto400.asd.sgi.com (Hans L. Bongers)
- Subject: Re: Backwards lens compatibility (was Re: Big/fast EOS lens advice sought)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.211704.9310@odin.corp.sgi.com>
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- References: <1992Nov16.192217.10146@adobe.com> <PD.92Nov17105403@horus.sics.se>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 21:17:04 GMT
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- In article <PD.92Nov17105403@horus.sics.se>, pd@sics.se (Per Danielsson) writes:
- |> In article <1992Nov16.192217.10146@adobe.com> usenet@adobe.com (USENET NEWS) writes:
- |>
- |> >[...] without abandoning
- |> >the traditional bayonet mount that still accepts Nikon lenses made
- |> >more than twenty years ago.
- |>
- |> No, you can't mount a twenty year old Nikkor on a Nikon camera made
- |> today. Chances are you'll damage the camera, and the meter just won't
- |> work since modern Nikons don't have the mechanical coupling.
-
- WRONG. The F4S supports the physical mount of ANY lens which fit
- onto an old "F". I have both bodies and lots of OLD non-AI lenses.
- Sure, you may lose metering functionality but the optics still work.
-
- Note that I said the F4. My 8008 doesn't support many older lenses
- because it does not have the ability to swing back the AI coupling pin.
- But, NIKON have consistently supported older lenses on the "PRO"
- body clearly showing their commitment to the professional with a
- LARGE investment in glass.
-
- --- hans
- |>
- |> _Most_ 10-15 year old Nikkors can be mounted on todays Nikon bodies,
- |> but with varying degree of functionality.
- |>
- |> Per Danielsson pd@sics.se
- |> Swedish Institute of Computer Science, PO Box 1263, S-164 28 KISTA, SWEDEN
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