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- From: pd@sics.se (Per Danielsson)
- Subject: Re: Backwards lens compatibility (was Re: Big/fast EOS lens advice sought)
- In-Reply-To: bongers@gto400.asd.sgi.com's message of Tue, 17 Nov 1992 21:17:04 GMT
- Message-ID: <PD.92Nov18111442@horus.sics.se>
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- Organization: Swedish Institute of Computer Science
- References: <1992Nov16.192217.10146@adobe.com> <PD.92Nov17105403@horus.sics.se>
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 10:14:42 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.211704.9310@odin.corp.sgi.com> bongers@gto400.asd.sgi.com (Hans L. Bongers) writes:
-
- >In article <PD.92Nov17105403@horus.sics.se>, pd@sics.se (Per Danielsson) writes:
- >|> 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.
-
- Sorry, I should have written "on _any_ Nikon camera made today". In
- any case, the F4 is the only Nikon AF camera on which you can mount
- any old Nikkor lens, but not always with all of the functionality of
- lens still working.
- I still think Pentax has done a better job.
- And I still don't think it is such a big deal. It certainly isn't
- anything worth considering for someone deciding from scratch which AF
- camera to buy. Even for someone owning a MF Nikon, I don't think it
- should be the major factor in the decision.
- --
- Per Danielsson pd@sics.se
- Swedish Institute of Computer Science, PO Box 1263, S-164 28 KISTA, SWEDEN
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