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Strange statement in K-01 Preview

Started Mar 27, 2012 | Discussions thread
OP Greg Lovern Senior Member • Posts: 1,613
Re: Strange statement in K-01 Preview

Apteryx6 wrote:

Not quite. The D700, D800 (presumably, I haven't checked), D200, D300, D300s and D7000 have it too. But yes, entry level DSLRs do not have have the physical aperture coupling lever to meter with non-chipped AI lenses.

Thanks for the correction. If anyone is interested, I found this chart that helps unravel Nikon lens compatibility. The "Pre-AI" and "AI, AI-S, E" columns map to Pentax Pre-A lenses, 1975 to roughly 1982:

http://www.nikonians.org/nikon/slr-lens.html

Getting back to the DPReview K-01 preview though, I doubt if anyone seriously considers the K-01 to be a competitor to the D800 or D7000, so I would just modify my point to this:

So clearly this fact about the K-01 is no disadvantage compared to other brands' backward compatibility, with the possible exception of the Nikon D7000, D800, and D4 if for some reason you believe that the K-01 competes with those models.

Greg

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