
The small switch the arrow points to is theĬounterpart of the EE servo coupling post of the lens. You can see the AI coupling ridge (blue arrow) and the EE servo coupling post (green arrow)Ī modern camera body without an AI interface (CPU interface only). A Nikon DSLR either has an AI and a CPU interface (like the D700 shown here) or a CPU interface only (like the D70 shown below).

It was no longer necessary to move the aperture ring back and forth to transfer the lens speed to the camera body, as Nikon photographers were used to do for more than 10 years.ĪI-coupling. They introduced the Automatic Indexing (AI). In 1977 Nikon made an important change in the way the camera gets the aperture value from the lens. For comparison on the right there is a lens of the same age, but factory AI'd. On the left there is a non-AI lens (meaning a lens build before 1977 in original condition). This ridge can destroy coupling elements of your camera body! The only exception among the DSLRs is the Df, see below.
USING NIKON D100 WITH SOFORTBILD MANUAL
A Nikon DSLR does not distinguish between different kinds of non-CPU manual focus lenses!ĭo not use non-AI lenses! The aperture ring of such a lens builds a ridge around the complete mount. Enjoy it!Īll these lenses are perfectly usable on every Nikon DSLR: in the first row on the left a Nikon Series E lens and on the right an AI lens, behind on the left a factory AI-modified lens and on the right an AI-S lens. You can use it on your DSLR (or modern SLR). If it has two scales with f-stop numbers, a larger one towards the front of the lens and a smaller one towards the camera, then you have an AI, AI-s, Series E or factory AI'd lens. a "Reflex-Nikkor" or a shift lens / PC-Nikkor) you can use it.įor an automatic lens you have to have a closer look at the aperture ring. If it is a lens without an automatic diaphragm (e.
USING NIKON D100 WITH SOFORTBILD SERIAL
Make sure that the lens you are interested in is not on the list of incompatible lenses or serial numbers. You want to buy an older - meaning manual focus without CPU - lens for your Nikon DSLR (or newer SLR)? First of all you should have a look at the manual of your camera body.

You can use matrix metering and aperture priority mode as well! A 45-year-old 135mm telephoto lens mounted on a Nikon D700.
