On Wed, 21 Aug 2002 12:34:35 +0100, Chris Quayle
>Surfworx Photography wrote:
>> I can't see the problem at all, I guess you can upgrade lenses to the camera
>> as you go. The only disadvantage I know, is you pay megabucks for a great
>> camera body, and then you can't use some of its most sophisticated features
>> (matrix meter, autofoc etc).......but if you know your stuff I think it
>> would be fine. It depends what sort of Canon lenses too, I'm imagining they
>> are primes.
>Good glass is expensive and have spent years collecting a good set.
>Thing is, I don't want a load of sophisticated features, but do want a
>digital version of my F2 / F3. So long as I have meter coupling,
>everything else can go whistle, though matrix metering aver a 256 matrix
>(as per CP950) could be usefull indeed under some conditions.
Not being able to meter manual-focus lenses with the D100
also precludes easy use of mirrors, PC lenses, bellows
(with useful tilt/shift), specialized high-magnification
macro lenses, in addition to those favorites we have that
have no AF equivalent...
>> Don't forget the CCD multiplication factor on your lenses too, eg: your MF
>> 500/4 just became a 750-1000/4.
>A serious consideration and probably means you would need a 25mm to use
>as a standard 50mm equivalent ?...
About a 35mm... But this also makes finding truly
wide lenses that are affordable, light, and compact
also difficult to find (a big, heavy, expensive 18mm
becomes an unimpressive 27mm equivalent on the Nikon
D100 - and the very big, very expensive 17-35 becomes
an unimpressive 25-50 on the D100 [even the 14mm is
"only" a 21mm equivalent...]). Too bad the D100
doesn't accept IX lenses - the 20-60 might be
interesting...;-)
>Sigh... Why can't the transition to digital be more seamless ?...
It is possible to add a CPU to Nikkor MF lenses,
but this helps only with some... I'm still waiting for
a good $1500 body that has a 1"x1.25" CCD and accepts
for metering all Nikkor lenses. I will not buy before
this happens...