Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I programmed my D200 for the 180/2.8 and 55/3.5. Great function for shooting ais lenses. Gene -------------- Original message from "Robert Meier" <robertmeier@usjet.net>: -------------- > > The Nikon F6 is quite another story -- you can program it for up to 10 AI > or > AIS lenses and the F6 will give you matrix metering and all the exposure > modes. It even will imprint the right focal length and the aperture you > used for each shot in the margin between frames. > > >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) > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information