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<p>Here's a list of the data saved by an F6 in detailed mode:</p>

<p>

<p>"Film speed"<br>

"Film number",<br>

"Camera ID"<br>

"Frame number"<br>

"Shutter speed"<br>

"Aperture"<br>

"Focal length"<br>

"Lens maximum aperture"<br>

"Metering system"<br>

"Exposure mode"<br>

"Flash sync mode"<br>

"Exposure compensation value"<br>

"EV difference in Manual"<br>

"Flash exposure compensation value"<br>

"Speedlight setting"<br>

"Multiple exposure"<br>

"Lock"<br>

"Vibration Reduction"<br>

"Date(yy/mm/dd)"<br>

"Time"</p>

</p>

<p>I have the MV-1 reader which I use with my F100. The focus distance is not part of the data (for any camera - F6, F5 or F100). I'm working on a program which will take the camera data and merge it with the photo files as EXIF data.</p>

<p>Well, I just mounted an AIS lens on my D200, put the lens data in the D200, and the SB-800 correctly tracked the f-stop as I changed it on the lens. I think all you loose is the distance information.</p>

<p>Nikon F100</p>

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<p>A shot from last summer at the National Bison Range in Montana.</p><div></div>

<p>So, a quick question for a PJ. How often is it necessary to clean lenses, and do you have it done professionally (i.e. send to Nikon) or what do you do? </p>

<p>Nice sharp lens. Good working distance - I wouldn't know if it's better than the other 105's since I've never used and other mico 105. Very good bokeh.</p><div></div>

<p>An older film shot from last year. Hydrangea flowers.</p><div></div>

<p>Christmas cactus blooms at Christmas.</p><div></div>

<p>Get the VR if you can afford it.<br>

http://moosepeterson.com/blog/?p=6931</p>

<p>Thanks Jose! Please keep posting!</p>

<p>Good job Matt for picking up the torch!</p>

<p>I use the D200 with my manual lenses and am very satisfied with the results. If you want in camera metering and a good viewfinder, I would consider the D200 the minimally qualified DSLR. The D300, D700, D3, and D3x are all even better.<br>

If you were happy using your manual focus lenses with your FE2, you will just as happy with the D200. However, you may find the zooms somewhat less satisfying since the camera will not be able to track the changing focal length. I'm not sure how much this will degrade the exposure when using matrix metering. </p>

 

<p>Opps! Doubled UP!</p>

<p>I loved my A-1 and FD lenses, but decided I would switch to Nikon when I went digital, and sell all my Canon equipment. One of the reasons was the outstanding F-mount.<br>

I can now happily use the same manual and AF lenses on my F100 and D200 bodies, and look forward to using these same lenses on all FUTURE Nikon bodies. One of my best lenses is a Micro 55 F3.5 AI'd which is over forty years young.</p>

<p>Benjamin,</p>

<p>It sounds as if the indexing is off. Hard to say if this is the lens or the camera, but given that your F90x behaves as you expect - could it be the D700?</p>

<p>Have you tried using the aperture ring for setting f stop with more lenses on the D700/F90x? Have you tried the 105/2.5 on other cameras?</p>

<p>Ray,</p>

<p>Downloading and blowing up your image - you don't have serious noise problems, but you missed the focus a bit. Actually given low shutter speed, high ISO, wide open lens, and how squirmy your subject normally is - it's a good shot. <br>

Have you printed a 5 x 7 or 8 x 10 of this shot?</p>

<p>Many of these were sent back to Nikon and fixed on Nikon's dime so it's difficult to tell from the SN alone if the upgrade was done. Best to just look and see. Here's a link to an F100 review with photos:<br>

http://www.camerahobby.com/Review-F100.htm</p>

 

<p>Just remember to remove the filter if you're going for a money shot in a situation where a filter is not required.</p>

 

<p>My AIS 105/f2.5 has indexed stops at 2.5, 2.8, and 4, but it has marked stops (i.e.engraved on aperture ring) at 2.5 and 4. It's also possible (on my 105) to go slightly past the 2.5 index stop and hit a hard stop of some sort (I've never had the lens apart). The camera (D200) still indicates f2.5 if I do this, and my F100 also behaves as if the lens is still set at f2.5 (no change in exposure metering). At all other f stops, the lens/camera combo works as I expect (i.e. I see 2.8, 4 , etc indicated on D200 and F100 exposure/readings change too).<br>

Are you sure you're not having this slight glitch at f 2.5 too?</p>

<p>Cool. Thanks for the links.</p>

<p>It might be better to let a Nikon service center give it a through cleaning and a sensor "reset". They can map out dead and hot pixels and can let you know when the sensor is degraded enough that it should be replaced.</p>

<p>Although there has not been much discussion on it, I would assume that the sensor performance would decline over time. Certainly, dead pixels and hot pixels increase as the sensor ages. The type of sensor performance decline I'm refering to would not be influenced by a shutter going bad (which would affect exposure) or sensor cleaning since that actually is cleaning the IR filter. I am uncertain how long I would expect a sensor to last, and at what point the sensor degradation becomes a problem. I can see more and more hot and dead pixels on my D200 when I pixel peep, but these are still unnoticeable even on a large photo.</p>

<p>Film camera's were nice because we got a brand new sensor element with every exposure, whereas we keep using the same sensor over and over with a DSLR.</p>

<p>I honestly would not expect any real sensor problems on a D300 with 40,000 shutter clicks. I would expect sensor degredation to be a problem after ten or twenty years assuming the camera is still working.</p>

<p>All of those old AF lenses use screwdriver AF so if AF is important you've got to avoid the D50 or D40.</p>

<p>AF-S and VR work on the F5 and F100.</p>

<p>The "AI compatible version" has the lens modified with so that it will clear the AI tab on the camera. Older ones (serial numbers below 180901) don't have this relief so the AI tab on the camera can get bent or jammed when the lens is mounted. Other than that there is no functional difference in how the lens works. F and D series cameras which have been modified so that the AI tab on the camera can be flipped up out of the way prior to mounting the lens, can use this lens safely.</p>