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Ebay .45 wide angle-macro lens??? Suggestions?
Has anyone tried using one of those little $20 jewels? I'm going from film slr to digital slr (gets expensive) and none of my old lens interchange. I enjoy taking close up pics but I can't afford any high dollar macro only lenses at this time. My old close up lens are the 3 lens set that attach to the front of the standard lens. Any suggestions from out there? Thanks!
Thanks David. I have a D40 Nikon. I have extension tubes for my old stuff but everything is 49mm screw mount (my Vivitar and Pentax cameras are 32 & 35 years old). Is the lens mount configuration on my new Nikon the same as older film Nikons? Is that what they call an "F" mount?? Thanks!
It would help if we knew what film camera you have and what digital camera you want to get. For example if you have a Nikon film camera the lenses will work on the Nikon DSLR's. Any Canon auto focus lenses will work on the new Canon DSLR's. Minolta auto focus lenses will work on the new Sony cameras. Pentax lenses will work on new Pentax cameras. The only ones that wont work are the Olympus film camera lenses. Olympus DSLR's use the 4:3 system rather than a 3:2 aspect ratio like their film cameras. There is an adapter available but you will lose many of its functions. The other lenses that wont work on the newer cameras are the Canon FD mount. Canon changed their lens mount in 1987 when auto focus lenses became available. So any old manual focus Canon lenses wont work.
All that said you very well may be able to use the lenses you already have if you buy the same brand of DSLR.
If they wont I would suggest you use an extension tube before you use the screw on lens adapters. An extension tube does not contain a lens so there is degradation of image quality. You attach the extension tube to your camera. Then you mount one of your lenses to the extension tube. This will essentially turn your lens into a macro lens by allowing you focus much closer than without it. They are a little more expensive than screw on adapters but are well worth it. Below is a link to a couple of Canon extension tubes. All camera companies make them so just look up the camera you have.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/300603-REG/Canon_9199A001_Extension_Tube_EF_25.html
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/300601-REG/Canon_9198A001_Extension_Tube_EF_12.html#features
Edit: Yes, older Nikon lenses are the same mount. The Nikon F mount has been used since 1959. There are a few issues with using them on a D40 but they will mount and will work.
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