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Re: Df and FTZ compatibility with pre-AI lenses


 

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bob Morse
Sent: Friday, April 7, 2023 3:50 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Nikon-DSLR] Df and FTZ compatibility with pre-AI lenses

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Consignment shops and yard sales have numerous 1970's Nikon film cameras with pre-AI lenses at nearly dumpster prices.? My understanding is that, of the digital Nikons, only the Df can safely mount these lenses.

  • What is different about the Df design that allows safe mounting?
  • Would pre-AI lenses safely mount onto a current mirrorless body, using an FTZ?? Assuming all manual settings.
  • ?I have successfully used my old Minolta Rokkor lenses on my Z6, with a MetaBones adapter. The results are obviously not a match for new equipment, but fun to see the results, and I do have a few "good at the time" Rokkor lenses.

Do any of you have experience with pre-AI lenses on a Df body or with adapters?

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