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On Saturday, June 30, 2018 at 9:17:53 AM UTC-4, J. Clarke wrote:

> >I'm still using some of the lenses I bought in the '70s for a Nikon
> >SLR. I use them with a Nikon digital SLR.
> >
> >The lenses also work on the Nikon F I inherited from my father and that he
> >bought in the '60s.
> 
> The big change in lens mounts for most manufacturers wasn't related to
> going digital, it was related to incorporating autofocus, which
> requires some way to adjust the lens focus under electronic control.
> Most of the current mounts predate digital by several years.

Nikon went to a lot of trouble to maintain compatibility with older
lens on new cameras.  Nikon had one major change some years ago
(to AI) for exposure metering and very old lens needed a mod.
But moderately old lens (1980) will work on their digital cameras,
some even will work automatically.

One nice thing about staying with Nikon was that I was able to
reuse my protection-filters and some other accessories, so there
was some savings there.


As an aside, I took a few slides of our S/360 and 90/30.  Now I
wish I had a lot more detailed stuff.  But the K64 slide film was
slow for indoor work and my early camera was limited which made 
it difficult (a rangefinder can't get in as close as an SLR).  

In hindsight, I wish I got into photography and had a good camera
back in high school.  We had a shopping district and it'd be great
today if I had done a photo study of the stores--the merchandise,
décor, shoppers, owners, etc.  I also wish I had shots of our
Teletype and cord switchboard (although there are many generic
shots of them.)

One challenge back then was that films were slow and to do anything
decent without flash one had to lug around a tripod and set up a
shot with time exposures; this was all quite cumbersome.   Further,
in taking a shot of an active business, the owner might not object
to quick snap, but would to a tripod blocking the aisle.  I remember
our operator allowing me to get in to take a _quick_ shot of the S/360
console, and explicitly telling me to get in and out quickly so as
not to disrupt her work.

To do color, one would need an FLD filter for the fluorescent lighting.
To do good b&w, one would need a full darkroom to make their own
prints.  That all could get costly.  Photography was fun, but it
wasn't a cheap hobby.  

One nice thing about my DSLR is that it shoots good quality 800-speed
pictures, adjust for any light source, and can do good quality b&w
as well as color.  I think the cost of that, adjusted for inflation,
was cheaper than my film SLR.