Classic Auto Lenses

Classic Auto Lenses

Camera 500D - Good All Round Dslr With Hd Video

When you read reviews like this, you're deciding between models and wondering which one to buy. It's therefore frustrating when so many reviews seem to be wildly contradictory. I guess the reason for this is because many (maybe most), are from people not being very subjective, and many from people who have no wide knowledge of the item type, so their comments have to be taken with "a pinch of salt" !

So I'll start by blowing my trumpet and say that I've been "doing" photography for nearly 50 years. Processing, film, SLRs the whole nine yards.

After dozens of 35mm and Medium format film cameras, I've had about a dozen digital, and a couple of "bridge" (fixed lens" SLRSs). This is my first interchangeable lens digital camera, now that they have come down to a reasonable price.

I've had the Camera 500D for just over a month now, and I'm very pleased with it. I now have the versatility of my Pentax SLR system back, coupled with the convenience and economy, and now quality of digital rather than film. I can't review it in comparison to other digital SLRs, because I have no experience of them, but I'm certainly very pleased with it, with no negatives so far.

I bought it with the 28-55 "kit" (so called cheapo) lens, but find that excellent, especially with the image stabilisation as well.

"Old" photographers may not realise that they can easily and cheaply use most of the classic prime lenses (pentax, nikon, olympus etc), by buying a cheap adapter ring, which can also incorporate an electronic chip to retain the "auto focus" beep, which is very useful as DSLRs no longer have split and micro-prism focusing screens. Using say, an old Olympus 50mm f1.8, which can be bought SH as cheaply as around £20, the quality is as good as an "L" series professional Canon lens, albeit having to be focused and apertures set manually.

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Can I use an E-series Nikon lens from my old Nikon FG camera on my new D60 dSLR?

I’ve got a classic Nikon-FG that I bought back in 1983. It still works to this day. The camera came as a kit with 2 Nikon lenses, a SERIES-E 75-150mm zoom lens, and a slimmer 28mm SERIES-E lens.

Yesterday, I decided to upgrade to the digital world, and so I purchased a somewhat “modern equivalent”, the Nikon D60 dSLR.

My question is, can I still use the two E-series lenses from my old FG on my new D60 ? I’ve heard some people say they’re compatible (ie the mount fits), but without metering and auto-focus. Is this true?

That is correct. E series were not designed to autofocus to begin with. And since they don't have CPU contacts like AF and AI-p lenses, the light meter on consumer level Nikons like the D60 will not function. However they will mount just fine. And you can use them in the camera's full manual mode.

It should also be noted that the D60 has a 1.5x "crop factor". This means that the digital sensor is physically smaller than a film negative. So each focal length will produce a more narrow field of view. For example 50mm will produce a FOV similar to a 75mm lens on film (multiplying the aforementioned crop factor [1.5x] by the focal length gives you an idea of what is equivalent).

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