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I am new to photography and was interested in knowing which lenses are compatible with which cameras? Is the compatibility based on the company? The year of make? Particular model? which camera at present has the highest compatibility range (meaning a camera which can be used with the widest range of lenses)
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The most compatible lens mount out there right now is the Pentax K-mount. They can use just about anything Pentax has made since the original K-1000, no adapter required.
Nikon would be the second on the list, there are many lenses to choose from, but compatibility is a little trickier due to changes Nikon has made in the mount over the years. Lenses that will work just fine on some bodies, can actually damage the camera if used on the wrong body.
Canon made cameras for years using FD mount, then dropped it and changed everything to EF mount in the late 1980's. FD and EF are not compatible in any way, shape, or form. They then added EF-S to the digital line, which can only be used on cameras with the appropriate EF-S mount. This means all models of the Digital Rebel, and the XX-D series and 7D, excluding the 10D.
Minolta (now Sony, same lens mount) did the same thing Canon did, moving from one mount on their manual film cameras (MD) to an entirely different and incompatible mount on their autofocus bodies (A mount).
Olympus kind of did this same thing, but the older OM film bodies share nothing but the Oly name with their DSLR cameras.
All of the various lines out there have just about anything you need. If you are interested in using older manual glass, Pentax and Nikon are the way to go. You can get adapters for many types of lenses to many mounts, but they are generally a waste of time and money. If you have something of very high quality and value, it may be worth the effort of adapting the old lens to a new body. There is no reason to do so with anything less than top of the line lenses.
The most compatible lens mount out there right now is the Pentax K-mount. They can use just about anything Pentax has made since the original K-1000, no adapter required.
Nikon would be the second on the list, there are many lenses to choose from, but compatibility is a little trickier due to changes Nikon has made in the mount over the years. Lenses that will work just fine on some bodies, can actually damage the camera if used on the wrong body.
Canon made cameras for years using FD mount, then dropped it and changed everything to EF mount in the late 1980's. FD and EF are not compatible in any way, shape, or form. They then added EF-S to the digital line, which can only be used on cameras with the appropriate EF-S mount. This means all models of the Digital Rebel, and the XX-D series and 7D, excluding the 10D.
Minolta (now Sony, same lens mount) did the same thing Canon did, moving from one mount on their manual film cameras (MD) to an entirely different and incompatible mount on their autofocus bodies (A mount).
Olympus kind of did this same thing, but the older OM film bodies share nothing but the Oly name with their DSLR cameras.
All of the various lines out there have just about anything you need. If you are interested in using older manual glass, Pentax and Nikon are the way to go. You can get adapters for many types of lenses to many mounts, but they are generally a waste of time and money. If you have something of very high quality and value, it may be worth the effort of adapting the old lens to a new body. There is no reason to do so with anything less than top of the line lenses.
DSLR Camera and lens compatibility?
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I have a Nikon D5200
I was looking at the Nikon Nikkor IF 24-120mm f/4-22 SWM Standard Zoom Lens
It says it is AF-S on Silent mode, which I know AF-S is necessary for the D5200.
Question is, will this lens be compatible and work well with the D5200?
It is an FX lens, but it says it is compatible with DX as well.
I just want to know I am not wasting money and dampen the benefit with some non-compatible qualities.
Thanks in advanced
-V
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It's a Nikon AF-S lens... why would it NOT work?
As far as the utility of the lens for you... only you know. I carried the original 24-120 non-Af-S model around on a D100 as my everyday lens, worked great for me. I do tend to work at the longer end though, so not missing a lot at the wide end.
If you have the 18-55 or something even wider like the 10-24, keep that handy for when the 24mm end is just too narrow.
It's a Nikon AF-S lens... why would it NOT work?
As far as the utility of the lens for you... only you know. I carried the original 24-120 non-Af-S model around on a D100 as my everyday lens, worked great for me. I do tend to work at the longer end though, so not missing a lot at the wide end.
If you have the 18-55 or something even wider like the 10-24, keep that handy for when the 24mm end is just too narrow.
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