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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 344481" data-attributes="member: 16749"><a href="https://support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14439/~/can-i-use-my-lens-from-my-old-camera-on-a-new-digital-slr%3F" target="_blank">Nikon claims that no DSLR other than their DF model can use non-AI lenses.</a>&nbsp; My D3200, the three lenses pictured below, and I, very much disagree with Nikon on this point.&nbsp; These are all late 1960s or early 1970s vintage lenses, and all of them work just fine on my D3200, albeit with some obvious and expected limitations.&nbsp; As with&nbsp; [USER=3903]@Marcel[/USER], I've installed a third-party focusing screen in my D3200, to better work with these old manual lenses, as it is very difficult to focus them well using the stock focusing screen that comes in the D3200.[ATTACH]107353[/ATTACH][ATTACH]107354[/ATTACH]&nbsp; Here is a random assortment of pictures, each one taken with one of these lenses, mounted to my D3200.[ATTACH]107375[/ATTACH][ATTACH]107373[/ATTACH][ATTACH]107371[/ATTACH][ATTACH]107370[/ATTACH][ATTACH]107369[/ATTACH][ATTACH]107367[/ATTACH][ATTACH]107366[/ATTACH][ATTACH]107363[/ATTACH][ATTACH]107361[/ATTACH][ATTACH]107376[/ATTACH][ATTACH]107356[/ATTACH][ATTACH]107357[/ATTACH][ATTACH]107358[/ATTACH][ATTACH]107359[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bob Blaylock, post: 344481, member: 16749"] [URL="https://support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14439/~/can-i-use-my-lens-from-my-old-camera-on-a-new-digital-slr%3F"]Nikon claims that no DSLR other than their DF model can use non-AI lenses.[/URL] My D3200, the three lenses pictured below, and I, very much disagree with Nikon on this point. These are all late 1960s or early 1970s vintage lenses, and all of them work just fine on my D3200, albeit with some obvious and expected limitations. As with [USER=3903]@Marcel[/USER], I've installed a third-party focusing screen in my D3200, to better work with these old manual lenses, as it is very difficult to focus them well using the stock focusing screen that comes in the D3200. [ATTACH=CONFIG]107353._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]107354._xfImport[/ATTACH] Here is a random assortment of pictures, each one taken with one of these lenses, mounted to my D3200. [ATTACH=CONFIG]107375._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]107373._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]107371._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]107370._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]107369._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]107367._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]107366._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]107363._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]107361._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]107376._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]107356._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]107357._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]107358._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]107359._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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