F6 Questions: Multiple Ai Lens indexing

[christiaan_phleger___honol]

Wow, what a week.

I have questions about the indexing of Ai lenses to the F6. Will I

have to re-index each and every lens every time I change lenses, or

will it 'remember' the different lenses?

 

Any D2h users might be of help...

 

ALoha,

[ellis_vener_photography]

Unless the camera can read your mind I think you'll need to tell it each time you change

lenses. k

[christiaan_phleger___honol]

Dang! No psychic interface? What if I install a USB port off my frontal lobe?

[jim_gifford]

Christiaan, the answer is so simple I'm surprised you didn't think of it. If you have a dozen AI or AIS lenses, just get a dozen F6 bodies and you'll never have to re-index.

 

Now of course you will say that the F6 bodies are expensive, but wait! We're not through! You can sell all of your old rear lens caps on E-bay! You won't need them any more. And we're STILL not through, 'cause now you can sell those supercool new "F6 logo" body caps that come in the box with the new bodies... you won't need them any more either.

 

And the proceeds from those sales will help reduce the financial sting of buying all those F6 bodies. Plus you get 24 positive feedbacks on E-bay, which is worth more than a note from your mother saying "Christiaan is an honest boy, go ahead and buy from him."

 

Always happy to help. Be well,

[ellis_vener_photography]

funny.

[loreneidahl]

The D2h allows you to choose a range of lens - Ex 50-85 mm and then it asks you for the max apature-> for example f1.4

 

The D2h has a number of pre-defined ranges of lenses and the apatures go down to f1.2

 

I can switch out MF lenses fairly quickly on the D2h while shooting. I generaly shoot either a MF 50 1.2 or a MF 85 so I can switch lenses without having to adjust menus.

[maynard_switzer1]

With the new F6 you do not have enter your AIS lenses each time. All you have to do is register the focal length & the f-stop once & thats it. The F6 will not be able to use all the old AIS lenses. There is a list in the new brochure that lists the useable lenses which includes a lot of their best manual lenses.

[ilkka_nissila]

Maynard, in the brochure they listed those lenses <i>which are still made <b>and</b> are compatible</i>, but many more that are no longer made are still compatible with the camera. This is standard practice by them. If they really listed all the lenses that are compatible, it would take another page of their brochure.

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In the manual, they list those lenses that are NOT compatible. It's not a very long list in F-series cameras.

[rokkor fan]

According to the PDF sheet available from Nikon USA, the only lenses the F6 won't matrix meter with are the reflex lenses. The camera will store the info on up to ten lenses at a time, so all you need to do is select which lens, and then shoot. This is a great camera for Nikon users.

 

Cheers,

 

Antony

[jose_angel]

Then, I understand that non Ai lenses cannot be used... isn`t it? Could somebody tell me if the D2H have the unlocking notch to use with non Ai lenses?

 

Thanks,

[ebogaerts]

'Then, I understand that non Ai lenses cannot be used... isn`t it?'

 

AI or Non-AI, or AI'ed lenses do not have a linear aperture system like the AI-S and AF lenses do.

 

If the aperture is controlled from the camera body with one of the dials like the D2H, then it *needs* AI-S manual glass, or autofocus lenses in order to properly operate the aperture blades.

[david_h._hartman]

<em>"Then, I understand that non Ai lenses cannot be used...

isn`t it? Could somebody tell me if the D2H have the unlocking

notch to use with non Ai lenses?" --Jose Angel<br>

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Do you mean a retractable or flip-up aperture coupling lever? If

so the D2H, D2X and F6 do not have any aperture coupling lever.

That is all done electronicly via a menu or else you use full

manual control. At the third link below have a look at "Chips

to the rescue."<br>

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You can down load a manual from Nikon, UK or CA if you are

registered from anywhere other than the USA. Thats

discourtesy of Nikon USA.<br>

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Here is probably all the information you could want, almost...<br>

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<a href="http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond2h" target="_new"><u>http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond2h</u></a><br>

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To see what a dedicated improviser can do try here...<br>

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<a href="http://www.naturfotograf.com/D2H_rev00.html"

target="_new"><u>http://www.naturfotograf.com/D2H_rev00.html</u></a><br>

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Here is the opening page...<br>

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<a href="http://www.naturfotograf.com" target="_new"><u>http://www.naturfotograf.com</u></a><br>

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Regards,<br>

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Dave Hartman.

[aaron_ng]

AFAIK, you still have to use the aperture ring to set the aperture on the D2H (same lens compatibility system as F6) and not use the control dial. Hence it doesn't matter if the aperture stop down is linear or not. When you mount a non-CPU lens, the camera always stops the aperture down all the way and the aperture blades close down to the setting of the aperture ring. So in theory, if you file a non-AI lens to fit or get the indexing ring replaced with a non-AI compatible one, you can still use it on the F6.

 

Aaron

[kelly_flanigan1]

Will the F6 meter with my Preset Nikkors? :)<BR><BR>Will it meter off a bellows?

[eugenio.demmenie]

<b><i>"I understand that non Ai lenses cannot be used... isn`t it? Could somebody tell me if the D2H have the unlocking notch to use with non Ai lenses?" --Jose Angel</b></i>

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If I understand correctly, you are refering to the meter coupling lever (see e.g. <a href="http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/nikonf3ver2/f3manual/detail/detail2.htm#Metercoupling">this link, that shows the lever for an F3) </A>.

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In an F3 and F4 you could flip up this lever and use non-AI(s) lenses. For the F5, I only know this was not a standard option, but at the service center of Nikon in The Netherlands, they could make this work also. I am not sure this is possible for the Digital SLRs and F6.

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With regard to AI(s) lenses mechanical coupling of the aperture still is the case (as far as I know), for Nikon in their new brochures states normal weighted metering and spot metering are possible.

Matrix metering is also possible but then you have to enter diafragm and focal length to the camera's memory. (It means you no longer have to fool the camera by building in a chip in an AI-lens that tells the camera focal length and aperture).

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At least this is how I understand it.

[jose_angel]

Right. I`m refering to the flip-up meter coupling lever (thanks); non-Ai lenses, with their original deeper aperture rings, blocks this lever if it is not previously released to the "up" position (the aperture ring on the lens or the meter coupling ring on the camera could be damaged). I cannot mount this lenses on my FM2n.

 

If the F6 has not been designed with this "flip-up" releasing lever (I`m surprised that F5`s doesn`t have it too), I`m afraid that I cannot use my beloved very old non-Ai Nikkors on it... unless it has been modified.

 

It was curious about it... thanks.