Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I feel the same way, as probably do many Nikonians. I sprang for the D200 recently, and when I got home, my first feeling was, "I just spent that much money to stick a 105/2.5 AIS on it and get a meter reading?" Oh well. At least Nikon hasn't removed the aperture ring from all their lenses yet :-) Scott Bartphotog@aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 9/2/06 5:35:59 AM, don.dory@gmail.com writes: > ><< That and I have so many odd lenses that don't fit on any > >digital anything. >> > >Isn't that the truth! I have a number of old, manual-focus, Nikon lenses >that I like a lot, and considered it a major betrayal of their customer >base by >Nikon that AI-S lenses I could use in every mode on my old FA, and in >aperture-preferred AE on my N70, could be mounted but could not meter, even >in >match-needle manual mode, on anything less than the multi-thousand dollar >super-pro >digital bodies. The D200, of course, finally remedies that, but even the >price >of the D200 is not a sum I spend lightly. > >Bart > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act)