Nikon F90x - a fantastic workhorse

Theo Sulphate · Apr 30, 2019

Ste_S said:
It's not the same mount in reality though. It's a minefield as to what lens works with which camera (and which features work).

In retrospect, Canon got it right. Any EF mount lens will fully work with any EOS camera, whether that be film, digital full frame or digital APS-C.

Totally agree with you about Canon getting it right ... although back in 1987 there were quite a few upset customers.

As for Nikon, someone (KR?) pointed out that for any given camera or lens there is a roughly 15 year window of total compatibility backwards and forwards. You can see that in KR's excellent compatibility chart, which is now halfway down the page:

https://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/compatibility-lens.htm

Dennis-B · Apr 30, 2019

Ariston said:
Dennis, from what I understand it isn't that hard to file away the collar yourself. But I have lenses that don't have a collar to file (maybe non-Nikon). Are you saying there is a kit to add the collar?

Here are links for the kit. I have one, but haven't gotten around to using it, yet.
http://pindelski.org/Photography/2012/03/08/adding-a-cpu-to-mf-nikkor-lenses-part-i/
http://pindelski.org/Photography/2012/03/17/adding-a-cpu-to-mf-nikkor-lenses-part-ii/

Dennis-B · Apr 30, 2019

M-88 said:
1. I'm talking about then, not now.
2. If that was / is so easy, what's your opinion on reason why FM/FE accept both kind of lenses?

I can covert a non-AI lens into AI readily at home, I know it's simple, but what was the point of making an aperture collar extra sophisticated for those two cams?

I agree. Minolta has made only one thing wrong. It was their merging with Konica.

Don't really have an opinion, or even a good guess. I didn't own either at the time they were produced. Maintaining the basic mount was easy, as was AI. Nikon did the conversions, and the cottage industry hadn't yet arose. Until last year, I never owned a non-AI lens. I dove into Nikon with the F3, and picked up a used FE as a backup body.

My dislike for stop-down metering arose from owning a Pentax Spotmatic. After the Super Takumar lenses came out, I traded the Spotmatic in on an ES-II.

Ariston · Apr 30, 2019

Ste_S said:
It's not the same mount in reality though. It's a minefield as to what lens works with which camera (and which features work).

I don't know about a minefield. I own at least ten lenses, and they all work on my F, FE, FM2, D300 and D700.

I think Canon makes great cameras too, though. And Minolta. And Fuji. And Olympus. And Apple. Etc.

M-88 · Apr 30, 2019

Dennis-B said:
My dislike for stop-down metering arose from owning a Pentax Spotmatic. After the Super Takumar lenses came out, I traded the Spotmatic in on an ES-II.

That's very understandable, Spotmatic is a fairly old machine. K-mount lenses stop down and up (or whatever's the term) instantly to measure the correct exposure when mounted on DSLR. All in all, I've heard that stop-down metering is good for accurate readings when working with bellows, extension tubes and so on. It barely has any use nowadays.

Ste_S · Apr 30, 2019

Ariston said:
I don't know about a minefield. I own at least ten lenses, and they all work on my F, FE, FM2, D300 and D700.

I think Canon makes great cameras too, though. And Minolta. And Fuji. And Olympus. And Apple. Etc.

My AI lenses will mount and work fine on my FE. They'll mount and matrix meter on my F4. They'll mount but not matrix meter on my F801. They'll mount but not meter at all on my D5200 etc

Russ - SVP · Jan 5, 2020

dugrant153 said:
I have recently brought my F90x back into the action and I have to say that is has served me rather well and continues to do so. I rely on it heavily for any AF work.
While the shutter/motorwind and rewind are a bit loud, the rest of the camera is practically tough to fault.

It's really interesting to see them being sold for a song and a dance.

Just thought I'd share as I think I will be keeping this Nikon in my "arsenal" for a while

It’s a great camera, and built very well. Quite rugged and durable.

StepheKoontz · Jan 5, 2020

Ste_S said:
My AI lenses will mount and work fine on my FE. They'll mount and matrix meter on my F4. They'll mount but not matrix meter on my F801. They'll mount but not meter at all on my D5200 etc

Ai and newer all work and meter on D7xxx as well as all the FF digital bodies. Non-Ai have to be modded to work on these, but it's a fairly easy/cheap mod. The newest G lenses going backwards is more of a problem, but there are some film bodies that work fine with all but the newest E lenses.

Nikon F90x - a fantastic workhorse

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