Just found a Nikon compatibility chart: http://www.nikonlinks.com/unklbil/bodylens.htm
It's a bit complicated for sure. Glad I bought an FM though. ;-) Don > -----Original Message----- > From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 6:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Why choose *ist DL over Nikon or Canon competitors? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Sanderson" > Subject: RE: Why choose *ist DL over Nikon or Canon competitors? > > > >I don't know Canon or Nikon at all. > > How "backward compatible" are they compared to Pentax > > as far as glass? > > Nikon is a minefield. They have made numerous small changes to > their mount > over the years, each time making old equipment obsolete. > Canon completely obsolesced the FD mount when they put the EOS > system on the > market, and made it very plain that this was the way they were going, so > suck it up. > They did support the FD mount for a few years, so people had the > opportunity > to buy new glass for a while. > > From the point of view of lens compatability, Pentax is, by far, the best > SLR manufacturer. > The other day, I had a 40 year old lens on a 30 year old bellows on a 20 > year old extension tube, on my istD. > That works for me. > > William Robb > >
