Nikon seems to be moving to reclaim their useability with earlier
lenses. Their latest camera, the D2H, works just fine with manual focus
lenses. The matrix metering may be missing because it requires input
from the lens like distance, but the other metering modes work.
Winsor
Long Beach, CA
USA
On Jul 31, 2004, at 5:31 PM, Peter Klein wrote:
> The lack of MF lens compatibility in DSLRs is unfortunately true,
> with one great exception. The Pentax *ist D meters with MF M42 and "K"
> lenses with a single button push. Pentax released a firmware upgrade
> that
> stops the lens down when you push the "green button," meters, and then
> opens up again. It also stops down for shooting. So you get an
> aperture
> priority mode with one-touch metering.
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