Is a digital back that uses your existing lenses an option?

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Post #278,570

by Another Scott

3/17/07 9:04:46 AM

Is a digital back that uses your existing lenses an option?

If they're high-end lenses, you might find a compatible back. If the cost is an issue, many places like B&H sell [link|http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=UsedHomePage.jsp&A=FetchChildren&Q=&ci=2872|used digital equipment].

Let's see, you've got a Nikon [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=277234|F60]. (I'm assuming the F70 is similar here.) It looks like your lenses [link|http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00EYZ9&tag=|should work with the D70], with some caveats (check the comments). B&H has a used D70 back for [link|http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=2891&A=details&Q=&sku=800517109&is=USE&addedTroughType=categoryNavigation|$449]. Presumably there are places in Oz that would have comparable deals.

HTH a bit. Good luck!

Cheers,
Scott.

Post #278,649

3/18/07 4:17:43 AM

Already explored.

That's why I originally picked a D70. ;-) Nikon lens compatability is legendary, and although not 100% they are very thorough at telling you what doesn't work. My lenses will work on a D70 and on a D50. They will be manual focus only on a D40, however.

I actually mentioned my lenses to show why I was favouring a bridge camera with a wider lens. My two are just ordinary consumer lenses, though each worth perhaps as much as a D50 body. Even second-hand, a D70 is nearly as much new, otherwise that's what I'd consider. I will keep looking, though, as the D70 has been superseded and people will be trading up.

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Camera question - looking to get a 'bridge' digital SLR. - (static) - (18) - March 15, 2007, 02:28:21 AM EDT

I wouldn't worry about the storage format. - (Another Scott) - (1) - March 15, 2007, 07:50:50 AM EDT

I've got a Panasonic Lumix FZ-5 - (drewk) - March 15, 2007, 10:06:07 AM EDT

I just got a Fuji Finepix s5200 - (bionerd) - March 15, 2007, 10:42:50 AM EDT

whoops- dupe. -NT - (bionerd) - March 15, 2007, 10:43:25 AM EDT

D40 is the entry point - (bepatient) - (3) - March 15, 2007, 11:39:36 AM EDT

Still AU$1000 in a system. - (static) - (2) - March 15, 2007, 09:11:41 PM EDT

Its now under 600USD here. - (bepatient) - (1) - March 15, 2007, 09:22:05 PM EDT

But not with a superzoom lens - (tonytib) - March 16, 2007, 01:05:34 AM EDT

Better name is "super zoom" - (tonytib) - March 15, 2007, 12:20:13 PM EDT

I have powershot s2 - (tuberculosis) - (7) - March 15, 2007, 03:53:18 PM EDT

Re: I have powershot s2 - (SpiceWare) - (6) - March 15, 2007, 08:46:50 PM EDT

S3 had just come out - (tuberculosis) - (5) - March 16, 2007, 06:20:22 AM EDT

low $300s - (SpiceWare) - (4) - March 16, 2007, 01:36:06 PM EDT

It has come down it was $400+ when I looked - get it! -NT - (tuberculosis) - (3) - March 16, 2007, 03:57:48 PM EDT

Wide-angle still only 36mm (equiv), though. - (static) - (2) - March 17, 2007, 06:24:13 AM EDT

Is a digital back that uses your existing lenses an option? - (Another Scott) - (1) - March 17, 2007, 09:04:46 AM EDT

Already explored. - (static) - March 18, 2007, 04:17:43 AM EDT

Interesting find. - (static) - March 18, 2007, 06:33:02 AM EDT

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