Using manual lenses with digital camera.

tommr · Mar 20, 2009

I want to buy a digital camera and I have a few nikon lenses. If I buy just the body I can save some money. My lenses are manual focus, and they work with the metering in my FE.
Will I be able to use these with a d60 or the like?

dcclark · Mar 20, 2009

I believe that if your lenses are not too old, they will work fine. My D40 is not happy if the lens is so old that there is no CPU to provide aperture and focal length data, for example. However, it's just fine with CPU manual-focus lenses.

It's kind of fun to use manual focus lenses on the D60, because its exposure bar turns into a very fine-grained focus indicator.

dcclark · Mar 20, 2009

Here's the details: check out Ken Rockwell's Lens Compatibility Chart. Scroll down to the DSLR chart.

Garbz · Mar 20, 2009

Hey your Nikon FE uses at minimum AI lenses which will work very well on several Nikons. I am not sure about the D60 but you can find the manual for the D60 on the internet and there will be a complete compatibility chart in the back including what you lose with various lenses, and specific lenses that will not work.