The D200 also is compatible with Nikon manual focus lenses. Chipped
manual focus lenses and many unchipped lenses preserve the metering
and automatic aperture that was available on the the manual focus
cameras they were designed for. That is because the aperture
actuating lever has returned to the D2 series and the D200. A few
older unchipped manual focus lenses have to be used in preset mode
but still have aperture priority or manual meter with center weighted
or spot metering.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Sep 6, 2006, at 11:33 AM, Moose wrote:
> ScottGee1 wrote:
>> Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but if memory serves, the N$kon
>> D1/2 variants are far more compatible with older Nikon lenses. Might
>> that translate to better compatibility with other manual focus lenses
>> even if used with an adapter?
>>
> Not really. The problem is the register distance, the distance from
> the
> mount flange to the image plane. Nikon has a rather long one, as does
> OM. So the only way you can use lenses from other systems with shorter
> register distances is with an adapter with additional glass in it.
>
> The additional glass si, in effect, a mild telextender, and actually
> changes the effective focal length of the lenses attached with it. It
> also may have an effect on lens performance.
>
> Canon EF and Oly 4/3 mounts are the most universal receivers, as they
> are large diameter and have short register distances, so there is room
> for a simple adapter without glass. I also don't know if it is still
> true, but it used to be true that Nikon non-pro bodies had no metering
> at all with non AF lenses. Oly 4/3 and Canon bodies support manual and
> aperture priority metering with all lenses.
>
> Moose
>
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