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Reviewing using manual lens (old film camera) on D3400
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<blockquote data-quote="pforsell" data-source="post: 669438" data-attributes="member: 7240"><p>I have about a dozen manual focus Nikkors, most of them highly sought after rare gems that have no corresponding autofocus replacement. Using them is truly a joy in more ways than one.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately your body choice isn't the best possible for four reasons, imho.</p><p></p><p>First, the D3400 does not meter with non-cpu lenses at all, so external meter is needed.</p><p></p><p>Second, the camera does not have the AI tab, so it doesn't know which aperture is set. (if your lenses are AI or AI-S)</p><p></p><p>Third, it has a dim pentamirror viewfinder that makes focusing all but impossible.</p><p></p><p>Fourth, it is DX sensor which is only half of the size that the lenses were originally designed for.</p><p></p><p>These 4 points makes the shooting so cumbersome and unnecessarily complex hit and miss guesswork, that I bet there will be no fun left and you'll get bored in less than a week.</p><p></p><p>If possible, I'd contact the seller and would ask if it was possible to return the camera. If you lenses are AI or AI-S, then a better choice would be something like a used D700 which fixes all the 4 points above, and then some. And the price is the same. If the lenses are pre-AI, then the best camera would be Nikon DF.</p><p></p><p>And no, Minolta lenses with adapters is not a great idea, though pictorially you'd get interesting results not unlike Holga.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pforsell, post: 669438, member: 7240"] I have about a dozen manual focus Nikkors, most of them highly sought after rare gems that have no corresponding autofocus replacement. Using them is truly a joy in more ways than one. Unfortunately your body choice isn't the best possible for four reasons, imho. First, the D3400 does not meter with non-cpu lenses at all, so external meter is needed. Second, the camera does not have the AI tab, so it doesn't know which aperture is set. (if your lenses are AI or AI-S) Third, it has a dim pentamirror viewfinder that makes focusing all but impossible. Fourth, it is DX sensor which is only half of the size that the lenses were originally designed for. These 4 points makes the shooting so cumbersome and unnecessarily complex hit and miss guesswork, that I bet there will be no fun left and you'll get bored in less than a week. If possible, I'd contact the seller and would ask if it was possible to return the camera. If you lenses are AI or AI-S, then a better choice would be something like a used D700 which fixes all the 4 points above, and then some. And the price is the same. If the lenses are pre-AI, then the best camera would be Nikon DF. And no, Minolta lenses with adapters is not a great idea, though pictorially you'd get interesting results not unlike Holga. [/QUOTE]
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