yeux tortu Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Can someone who actually has a D200 tell me if my ancient pre AI(S) glass will work on D200? I understand that metering would be a problem, but would the glass mount on the body? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 First of all, I don't own a D200. However, pre-AI lenses can no longer be directly mounted onto most new bodies introduced since some time in the 1980's. If you want to mount them onto the D200, you need to get those lenses AI-converted. Moreover, since you cannot mount the lens onto the body, there is no metering to speak of. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernard_frank Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 I don't have the D200 (yet) but I know you can mount any AI lens AND keep matrix, center-weighted and spot metering by programming the maximum aperture and focal length of the lens in the camera, a la D2X and F6. Kudos to Nikon for that great feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicaglow Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 I use my old AI lenses on my D50 all the time, if that helps. I would think since the D50 and D200 are recently introduced that they would work similarly. I use my D50 on M for manual and a light meter reading appears on the bottom. I simply adjust the aperture and shutter speed using the dial on the grip. I just posted a shot from my 45GN a few threads back on the subject of that lens. The only problem I keep running into is an error: "F--" that I haven't quite figured out, and trouble figuring out how to use the built-in flash on manual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeux tortu Posted January 8, 2006 Author Share Posted January 8, 2006 Thanks, What a bummer, I have enjoyed using my 20 f4 on my 20D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael R Freeman Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 The D200 is no different than any other Nikon body with mechanical AI meter coupling. Unless the AI indexing tab can be folded up (as in the FM, FE, F3, F4) mounting non-AI lenses risks damage to the AI coupling tab. Sometimes you can get away with it, sometimes you don't. Unfortunately for you, the D200 does *not* have a fold up AI indexing tab.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anupam Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Michael, Are you saying you meter with AI lenses on your D50? Am I missing something here? -A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael R Freeman Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 "I use my old AI lenses on my D50 all the time ... The only problem I keep running into is an error: "F--" that I haven't quite figured out ..." -- Michael Axel That's not an error. That's the indication you get when the D50 (or any other AF Nikon body) can not establish communication with the lens. You'll get that with all manual focus lenses except AI-P lenses (eg. 45/2.8 AI-P). Your instruction manual is your friend.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anupam Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 <i> I use my D50 on M for manual and a light meter reading appears on the bottom</i><p> Yes - the "F--" is to be expected - but it's the above statement which has me thoroughly confused. <p> -A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael R Freeman Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Michael Axel apparently has the *ONLY* Nikon D50 in existance that gives a "light meter reading" when a non-CPU lens is attached. Or he is slightly confused (a display of the shutter speed and/or aperture in M exposure mode is *not* a "light meter reading"). ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfuse Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 I have very old Ai50mm f1.4. When the lense is used on D200, I get shock everytime I shoot. It seemed something is hitting inside the mirror box, so I took out the lense and compare with other Ai lenses and I noticed that my Ai50mmF1.4 has extra long notch which my 35mmF2.8 doesn't have. Does anyone know if this notch is something I should remove before I use the lense on D200? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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