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03-07-20107th March 2010, 06:22 AM
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Hello everyone,
I'm getting conflicting information on whether or not older SLR lenses will work/autofocus on my D90 body. Anyone have any experience with this? Thanks!
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03-07-20107th March 2010, 08:53 AM
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I think Kevin is pretty knowledgeable about old Nikkor lenses and I suggest you drop him a PM, Josee.
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03-07-20107th March 2010, 12:44 PM
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I might be oversimplifying this a bit (I'm not a Nikon shooter), but AFAIK the D90 can only use the newer-type lenses with internal AF motors. So any of those will be OK, but older lenses with "screwdriver" type AF mechanism will not AF with your camera.
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03-07-20107th March 2010, 12:54 PM
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Man, that Rudi is a Font of Knowledge. I'm impressed.
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03-07-20107th March 2010, 02:06 PM
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Thanks guys
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Josée Newborn to photography www.petpixels.ca www.thereptilerainforest.com Nikon D90, 70-300mm f/3.5-5.6G VR, AF-S 50mm f/1.4G...and some other goodies...for now
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03-07-20107th March 2010, 11:01 PM
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That's ONE, Harv...
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03-08-20108th March 2010, 06:34 PM
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Sorry to say Rudi is incorrect. Look on p229 of your camera manual The older screw drive AF and AF-D lenses will auto-focus on your D90
Larry
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03-09-20109th March 2010, 09:28 AM
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I'm not familiar with the D90 so will bow to Larry. I will say however that physically the older lenses will fit on the newer Nikon bodies. Some won't meter the way you'd expect and if you go with AI/AIS lenses they won't autofocus (since they're manual focus). But, with that said, I wouldn't hesitate for a minute to pick up a few older AIS lenses. (Some of) Their optics are incredible. I had a 105/2.5 AIS and a 28/3.5 AIS manual focus lenses and they were fantastic. I should manual so didn't need to rely on the camera's metering. There's more detail out there regarding metering (stop-down, etc) so you might want to google. Also check Bjorn Rorslett's website if you want great info about the performance of those older lenses on a variety of bodies.
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03-09-20109th March 2010, 10:09 AM
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Kevin, you beat me to it, I was just about to pm you!
Thanks for the info, I'll check out that website for sure!
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03-09-20109th March 2010, 12:19 PM
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I'm not familiar with the D90 either but all the Nikon user manuals are available on-line from Nikon so I looked it up. There are some real gems amongst the AI and AIS lenses. The micro lenses are great. The thing to watch for is pre-AI lenses (1976 and earlier) which will physically damage your DSLR camera if you try to mount them. If you are not sure about what lens you have you can check the serial number against the list here: http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/lenses.html to see what version you are looking at.
Larry
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03-09-20109th March 2010, 03:58 PM
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And that's ONE, Larry... 
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03-09-20109th March 2010, 04:05 PM
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Uh oh! We're keeping score.
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03-09-20109th March 2010, 04:20 PM
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 The first time I picked up the brand you shoot, I couldn't even find the on/off switch. I haven't touched one since Cheers, Larry
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