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Post by Saknika on Mar 6, 2010 13:47:02 GMT -5
All right, before I go digging my film camera out (it's buried in my closet ) I figured I'd ask here. I'm still learning about lenses and stuff because they didn't teach you too much about the hardware side of them at the school I went to, just what each did. I have a lens on a film Nikon (It's the N75) that has macro capabilities (at least I'm pretty sure if I remember right), and I'm wondering if I'd be able to use it on my Nikon D200. I don't know if there would be an issue going from film to digital with the lens. My best guess would be that I just wouldn't be able to auto-focus, but I have no idea.
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Post by Hope C. on Mar 6, 2010 13:59:21 GMT -5
I tried that once with one of my dad's film lenses that was faster than mine, and although it did work with the camera, even using manual focus, I couldn't get a clear image out of it. Nothing would be fully in focus. We're not sure why, but I think maybe things didn't line up perfectly or something like that. Of course, his lens was pretty dang old, and my camera is new, so that could have played a part in it. This is one I took, and you can't see it too well since it's not very big, but there is no part in this picture that is actually crisp and fully in focus. I don't know if maybe it was just that lens that didn't work with my camera, but that's my experience in going from film to digital with the lens.
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Post by ŋєт™ on Mar 6, 2010 15:06:02 GMT -5
As far as I know all Nikon lenses should work on Nikon bodies. As you stated the AF would not work.
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Post by ScottWood on Mar 6, 2010 17:35:52 GMT -5
Alll Nikon lens work on all Nikon bodies. Functionality may be different, as not all bodies will meter if the lens doesn't have the metering circuits in it, but you D200 will meter with even the most manual lens. If the old film lens was an AF lens, it should auto focus with you D200 as well. You did mention that it was a macro lens, and if you are shooting macros, you will most likely want to manual focus anyway.
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Post by Saknika on Mar 6, 2010 22:32:58 GMT -5
Well, it's not a true macro. I pulled it out since you all confirmed my thoughts that it would work. On the side of it (the lens), there is a little switch that goes between "normal" and "macro", but if I'm reading correctly it's only a macro at 90mm (its full zoom range). But still, I'll give it a shot and see if it'll get me closer to some of the macro-type stuff I'd like to do. Thanks guys!
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Post by ScottWood on Mar 7, 2010 2:18:40 GMT -5
That's not uncommon with older lenses. They would only be 1:1 at the long end, and that would drop as you moved out. Probably not that big of a deal though, as 90mm is a great working length for a macro on a crop sensor body.
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Post by Saknika on Mar 7, 2010 2:25:00 GMT -5
Well damn, I wish I'd thought of this sooner then! I've been dreaming of having the money to buy a beautiful macro lens some day to do all this interesting photography, and I had one that'd do the job sitting in my camera bag unused. But if I want to use filters with it, I'm either going to have to hand-hold them or get a step-up ring, because this lens is 55mm and my others are all 67mm... so all but my b+w filters (from when I did b+w film in high school) are 67mm. But it's nice to know I can play with macro a bit more now; more so than trying to fudge it with my other lenses! LOL
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Post by ScottWood on Mar 7, 2010 13:20:11 GMT -5
Still not an issue. Step up rings are dirt cheap, and you lose no image quality at all using them. I only own 2 circular polarizers. A 52mm that lives on my IR camera, and a 77mm that gets stepped down to all my other lenses.
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Post by Saknika on Mar 7, 2010 18:18:58 GMT -5
Haha, yeah. They're $12 here, or at least they were when I bought my step-down ring years ago. I got some serious lip from the guy too. He couldn't just sell me the product, he had to preach that I'd get vignetting, it'd look terrible, and I better not photoshop it out because that would destroy the essence of the photo. I haven't been back since, but sadly they're now the only camera place around so I might have to, since it's cheaper than paying shipping.
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Post by shameem007 on Jun 13, 2011 4:21:09 GMT -5
That's not uncommon with older lenses. They would only be 1:1 at the long end, and that would drop as you moved out. Probably not that big of a deal though, as 90mm is a great working length for a macro on a crop sensor body.
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