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Post by unclebill on Mar 25, 2006 20:52:50 GMT -5
I know I am going to betray my personal disability of being blonde here but bear with me. I have 4 non Ai Nikon bodies, 2 F's, one F2 and one Nikkormat. I am well aware that the Non AI lenses are not forward compatable after the F3 and FA. Now here is my question, are AI and AIS lenses, as long as they have the "rabbit ears" for the meter prong, compatable with the old Non AI bodies? There is a lens from Voigtlander I am intrigued with and this answer determines if I use my tax refund for it.
Bill
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Post by kiev4a on Mar 25, 2006 22:50:00 GMT -5
Bill:
If the lenses have the prong, they are backward compatible with the non-ai cameras. That's why the prong was kept for a long time--because there were so many shooters who stuck with the older cameras.
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Post by unclebill on Mar 26, 2006 7:52:35 GMT -5
That is what I thought. Just wanted to confirm.
Bill
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Post by kiev4a on Mar 26, 2006 11:07:36 GMT -5
Bill:
I've been tempted to pick up an F2 because most of the lenses I have, have the "prong." Can't really justify it, however, since I have an F3HP and an FM I hardly ever use since acquiring an F4.
Wayne
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Post by unclebill on Mar 29, 2006 20:02:50 GMT -5
Wayne,
You can never have enough Nikon bodies. I have two F's, one Nikkormat and the F2. Love them all.
Bill
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Post by philmco on Mar 31, 2006 7:59:52 GMT -5
The F2 was a real transition body for Nikon and depending upon the meter head it was compatible with the earlier non-AI lenses and the later meter heads were for the AI lenses. It is a truely fine mechanical camera! all the single digit F models were compatible with the non-AI lenses up to the F5 and even it could be converted. The F6 apparently is also OK with the non-AI lenses.
(BTW I saw my first F6 here in Japan - in a little tiny photo shop located by the train station in Hemeji) He also had an F, F2, F3 and an F5 for sale plus a really good selection of lenses.
My wife had to drag me screaming from the shop. There may have been tears shed!
Ironically, he did not have a remote for my D70S nor did he have the battery holder for CR Li ion type batteries that I have been trying to locate for months.
Phil
with your photo update from Japan
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Post by kiev4a on Mar 31, 2006 10:08:48 GMT -5
The F5 couldn't handle non ai lenses but the F4 can. That's one reason I have one. Like the FM the F4 has an ai pin that can be swung out of the way so non ai lenses can be used in stop-down mode. I eblieve the matrix metering even works. I guess Nikon realized the problem with the F5 and brought back the feature on the F6.
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Post by philmco on Mar 31, 2006 16:17:05 GMT -5
I would have to agree that the F4 is one of the best all around cameras that Nikon ever made. And one of the most substantial! I believe my F4E version with just about any type of lens on it, outweighs my Rolleiflex TLR by a substantial amount.
I will use it over almost any other camera for macro work using manual lenses. It is not the fastest AF unit however so it doesn't go to soccer games.
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Post by kiev4a on Mar 31, 2006 18:47:40 GMT -5
I had an F100 for awhile. Although it was a nice camera it really didn't "trip my trigger." Sold it then later picked up the F4 because I wanted some sort of AF capability, albeit slower than the F100. I have fallen fully in love with the F4. I use mostly MF lenses on it.
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Post by mayokevin on Jun 3, 2006 8:14:30 GMT -5
The F4 is the favorite of many Nikon shooters because it keeps the Matrix metering with MF lenses. The F5 dropped that feature but it is back with the F6. The F6 is adapted from the D2X digital. I think Nikon included the Matrix metering for AI and AIS lenses on the digital bodies to encourage more photographers with old lenses to take up digital.
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