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Anonymous Sun 23 Nov 2008 16:51:00 No.298988 View View Reply Original Report

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Okey, here's the deal: I'm in a photography class and we're going digital in febuary.
I have a Nikkon F90 with a 35-105 lens (nikkor D-series) and wanted to be able to use my epquipment on the new camera, but i don't know which camera i should get to keep using it.
Any tips /p/? (pic related, it's me on the right)

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Anonymous Sun 23 Nov 2008 16:58:00 No.298993 Report

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>>298990
yeah, i've heared that digital system cameras adds like x1.5 on the mm. So i should get a better lens and not hope to use the old one then?

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Anonymous Sun 23 Nov 2008 17:01:00 No.298996 Report

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>>298991
a d80 would be fine then?

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Anonymous Sun 23 Nov 2008 17:10:00 No.298999 Report

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>>298993
There's a 18-70mm Nikkor that's basically the direct equivalent of your 35-105mm for digital SLRs (with a bit of wide angle added). Or a 18-55mm lens bundled with most low-end Nikon DSLRs, which isn't as good, but still quite usable. Then you can use your 35-105 as a short telephoto lens when you need it.

Or, if you don't have any Nikon accessories except that lens and plan to switch to digital completely, you can just get any DSLR and lens you like. The 35-105mm isn't a particularly rare, good or expensive lens anyway.

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Anonymous Sun 23 Nov 2008 17:16:00 No.299000 Report

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>>298996
D80 would be perfect.

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Anonymous Sun 23 Nov 2008 17:16:00 No.299001 Report

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>>298991
>The beauty of the F mount that any old lens should work with any new Nikon camera.

Well, there are a few caveats. Some old non-AI lenses are incompatible with some modern cameras and will damage them if mounted forcefully; most low- and mid-end AF cameras (including digital) don't meter with non-AF lenses for no particular reason; the mentioned AF issue with D40 and D60.

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Anonymous Sun 23 Nov 2008 19:13:00 No.299024 Report

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>>299023
sounds like a plan, but how much is the D80 nowdays? I don't have too much money to spend at the time.

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Anonymous Sun 23 Nov 2008 19:15:00 No.299026 Report

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>>299024
google is your friend, damn it

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Anonymous Sun 23 Nov 2008 19:15:00 No.299027 Report

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>>299024

Look used or refurbished and you can grab one for well under $600. I'd recommend checking out Craigslist.

Or save some money and grab a D70 or D70s, which is basically a D80 with a smaller screen and faster sync speed. Oh, and less of them megapickles.

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Anonymous Sun 23 Nov 2008 19:24:00 No.299033 Report

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Shit, I just looked on Craigslist myself, and there's D200s going for just a little more than $600. If $600 is within your budget, I'd pay the couple extra bucks for the D200.

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Anonymous Sun 23 Nov 2008 19:44:00 No.299037 Report

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>>299026
lol, sorry for being lazy. I'm having a cold right now so my brain is working on 50%.
I'm gonna check my local auction sites for a used one.

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tri/p/fag !!0YcZMyxo3fF Sun 23 Nov 2008 21:16:00 No.299062 Report

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Shit seriously? A D200 for $600? OP, get that if I were you.

>>299001
Oh yeah, I forgot about non-AI lenses... If you're not looking for those non AI ones, then any old AI/AIS or AF-D lenses should be usable on any new cameras. The good thing about the D200 though is that it will meter with manual focus AI spec lenses.

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