Re: Has anyone used old Nikon manual lenses on their DSLRs?

The Real Bev <bashley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> Dave Head wrote:
>> On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 14:25:20 GMT, 223rem <223rem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Thanks.
>>>I dont need camera metering, I can do it myself. All I care is that
>>>the lenses fit and the camera works manually with those old lenses.
>>
>> Well, that's kinda like going back to the stone age, but OK - as long
>> as you're happy.
>>
>> My guess is that eventually, and probably not all that far down the
>> road you'll want to take advantage of modern autofocus and maybe even
>> zoom lenses. Things get _so_ much easier when you don't have to
>> spend a lot of time focusing and metering the light. Some pictures
>> are best taken on the spur of the moment, and you don't have time for
>> that if you have to focus and manually set the exposure. Get your
>> dog walking toward you under the trees and out into the light and the
>> modern autofocus and autoexposure features will follow the correct
>> settings nicely. Stuff like that will spoil you if you ever
>> experience it.
>
> Maybe, but I don't like the delay involved. When I want to take the
> picture, I mean NOW -- not in 2 seconds. It would be nice to be able
> to override some/most/all of the automatic settings, and I intend to
> search for that feature when my current camera needs to be replaced.
> "Infinity" and "1/200 sec" cover a lot of situations.
>
> I do like autoexposure, though. Once you grow up it's a real pain to
> read the damn light meter.
>

Heck,most of the people who buy SLRs never bother to buy any extra lenses.

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Jim Yanik
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