Nikon lens compatibility...

I'm curious what problems (if any) one might encounter when moving
from a Nikon F5 and SB28-DX speedlight system with mostly AF-S
lenses and a few older "D" lenses to a D1, D2, D100, D70, etc.

The "small print" seems to indicate there are some variations,
and I'd kind of like to know how the lenses move across, and
also if the speedlight will need to be replaced as well.

If there is a good website that spells all of this out a
link would be great.

Thanks...

Randy Howard writes:

I'm curious what problems (if any) one might encounter when moving
from a Nikon F5 and SB28-DX speedlight system with mostly AF-S
lenses and a few older "D" lenses to a D1, D2, D100, D70, etc.

The "small print" seems to indicate there are some variations,
and I'd kind of like to know how the lenses move across, and
also if the speedlight will need to be replaced as well.

Lenses are fine, except for dealing with the crap factor, you're going
to need a new speedlight with the new generation of nikon digital
stuff (d2x,d2h.d70)

B

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Randy Howard writes:

I'm curious what problems (if any) one might encounter when moving
from a Nikon F5 and SB28-DX speedlight system with mostly AF-S
lenses and a few older "D" lenses to a D1, D2, D100, D70, etc.

The "small print" seems to indicate there are some variations,
and I'd kind of like to know how the lenses move across, and
also if the speedlight will need to be replaced as well.

Lenses are fine, except for dealing with the crap factor,

"Crap factor" ??

you're going to need a new speedlight with the new generation of
nikon digital stuff (d2x,d2h.d70)

Thanks for responding so quickly. Need a new one to take advantage
of new features, or "must have" to work at all? I'll probably
spring for one anyway, but I've had to upgrade speedlights 3 or
4 times over the years as feature creep from one body to the next,
it's getting old.

Randy Howard writes:

In article , says...
Randy Howard writes:

I'm curious what problems (if any) one might encounter when moving
from a Nikon F5 and SB28-DX speedlight system with mostly AF-S
lenses and a few older "D" lenses to a D1, D2, D100, D70, etc.

The "small print" seems to indicate there are some variations,
and I'd kind of like to know how the lenses move across, and
also if the speedlight will need to be replaced as well.

Lenses are fine, except for dealing with the crap factor,

"Crap factor" ??

*ahem* crop factor

you're going to need a new speedlight with the new generation of
nikon digital stuff (d2x,d2h.d70)

Thanks for responding so quickly. Need a new one to take advantage
of new features, or "must have" to work at all?

Need a new one to do TTL.

I'll probably
spring for one anyway, but I've had to upgrade speedlights 3 or
4 times over the years as feature creep from one body to the next,
it's getting old.

I have a couple of older speedlights around which I'm going to play
with using as background flashes etc. Of course, I don't need TTL for
that.

B

In article , says...
Randy Howard writes:

In article , says...
Randy Howard writes:

I'm curious what problems (if any) one might encounter when moving
from a Nikon F5 and SB28-DX speedlight system with mostly AF-S
lenses and a few older "D" lenses to a D1, D2, D100, D70, etc.

The "small print" seems to indicate there are some variations,
and I'd kind of like to know how the lenses move across, and
also if the speedlight will need to be replaced as well.

Lenses are fine, except for dealing with the crap factor,

"Crap factor" ??

*ahem* crop factor

That makes much more sense, thanks. :-)

you're going to need a new speedlight with the new generation of
nikon digital stuff (d2x,d2h.d70)

Thanks for responding so quickly. Need a new one to take advantage
of new features, or "must have" to work at all?

Need a new one to do TTL.

Ok, presumably the newer models will work with an F5 just fine though,
or so I would hope.

I have a couple of older speedlights around which I'm going to play
with using as background flashes etc. Of course, I don't need TTL for
that.

Good idea.

Randy Howard writes:

Thanks for responding so quickly. Need a new one to take advantage
of new features, or "must have" to work at all?

Need a new one to do TTL.

Ok, presumably the newer models will work with an F5 just fine though,
or so I would hope.

Yes, the downside to this is the increasing manual size as they
support more and more body families.

You can probbal find specs/compatibility for these cameras and flashed
on the nikon website.

I have a couple of older speedlights around which I'm going to play
with using as background flashes etc. Of course, I don't need TTL for
that.

Good idea.

B

Randy Howard wrote:

I'm curious what problems (if any) one might encounter when moving
from a Nikon F5 and SB28-DX speedlight system with mostly AF-S
lenses and a few older "D" lenses to a D1, D2, D100, D70, etc.

Should be fine with The D1/D1x, etc. The SB-28DX is the digital ready
flash: either you got lucky or bought with foresight. The AF-S and D
lenses will be fine.

The "small print" seems to indicate there are some variations,
and I'd kind of like to know how the lenses move across, and
also if the speedlight will need to be replaced as well.

The lenses move across fine to the D1x. Non-CPU lenses won't work
with matrix metering: you have to use centre weighted or spot instead.
That's it, I think.

You have to make allowances for the fact that the sensor is 23.7mm x
15.6mm: you may find that 17-35 is no longer the wide angle you loved.

Andrew.

lid writes:

Randy Howard wrote:

I'm curious what problems (if any) one might encounter when moving
from a Nikon F5 and SB28-DX speedlight system with mostly AF-S
lenses and a few older "D" lenses to a D1, D2, D100, D70, etc.

Should be fine with The D1/D1x, etc. The SB-28DX is the digital ready
flash: either you got lucky or bought with foresight. The AF-S and D
lenses will be fine.

The 28DX isn't happy with the D2X/H or D70.

The "small print" seems to indicate there are some variations,
and I'd kind of like to know how the lenses move across, and
also if the speedlight will need to be replaced as well.

The lenses move across fine to the D1x. Non-CPU lenses won't work
with matrix metering: you have to use centre weighted or spot instead.
That's it, I think.

It varies with the camera. Did you read the other posts in this thread?

B

Bruce Murphy wrote:
lid writes:

Randy Howard wrote:

I'm curious what problems (if any) one might encounter when moving
from a Nikon F5 and SB28-DX speedlight system with mostly AF-S
lenses and a few older "D" lenses to a D1, D2, D100, D70, etc.

Should be fine with The D1/D1x, etc. The SB-28DX is the digital ready
flash: either you got lucky or bought with foresight. The AF-S and D
lenses will be fine.

The 28DX isn't happy with the D2X/H or D70.

Oh, nasty. Is that for certain with regard to the D2x?

The "small print" seems to indicate there are some variations,
and I'd kind of like to know how the lenses move across, and
also if the speedlight will need to be replaced as well.

The lenses move across fine to the D1x. Non-CPU lenses won't work
with matrix metering: you have to use centre weighted or spot instead.
That's it, I think.

It varies with the camera.

Huh? I'm talking about the D1x.

Did you read the other posts in this thread?

Yes.

Andrew.

"Randy Howard" wrote in message
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If there is a good website that spells all of this out a
link would be great.

For lenses:
http://www.nikonians.org/html/resour...atibility.html

For flashes: (partial, hard to read unless printed)
http://www.nikon-image.com/eng/speed...patibility.pdf

The D2x follows the same rules as the D2h and D70. For older models,
if a speedlight has a DX suffix, it will work in dTTL mode with the
D100 and D1 series. Otherwise, assume it will not work in TTL mode
with a Nikon dSLR.

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