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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eye-level" data-source="post: 69650" data-attributes="member: 6548"><p>You can't mount non Ai on many of the Nikon DSLRs but cameras like the D40, D5000, D5100, etc you can...I think it is basically any DSLR body that DOES NOT have an internal focusing motor it is OK to use the Non Ai's.  Most of the old Nikkors are inferior to the new lenses there are however a few exceptions to the rule.  The 28/2.8 Ais is one such example.  Of course they are manual focus only and will not meter.  The D700, D800, D200, D300, D7000 will matrix meter the Ai's and Ais's but you CANNOT mount the non Ai's because of the internal focusing motors.</p></blockquote><p></p>