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RichA <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Welcome to Nikon's world of entry-level (and medium level!) DSLR's
> that are completely incompatible with old lenses. Good luck metering
> even if you get the aperture to work.

absolute nonsense. old nikon lenses are not 'completely incompatible'
at all. they work just fine, just with some limitations, depending on
the camera. most people who buy an entry level slr don't have a bunch
of old lenses anyway.

compare that to canon where old lenses *are* completely incompatible
because it's a totally different mount.

On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:07:33 -0600, Rich <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>nospam <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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>> compare that to canon where old lenses *are* completely incompatible
>> because it's a totally different mount.
>>
>
>Yes, Canon stopped making the FD mount. But funny thing, I believe that
>Canon can mount, with adapters, a whole lot more lenses than any Nikon
>can, including FD glass. And guess what? They meter! Adapters are cheap
>too.


The adapter for Canon FD lenses unfortunately includes an extra
element that considerably degrades optical quality.

But apart from Canon's own legacy mount, it's true that you can use
many other types of lenses on Canon EOS cameras. I have successfully
used Carl Zeiss (Contax), Leica R, Pentax (K bayonet and M42 screw)
and Nikon F mount lenses on my Canon EOS 5D. I currently use a
mixture of Canon and Nikon glass, plus one lens from Samyang in Nikon
AIS mount.