Simplest Nikon film body for G lenses?

What is the smallest/cheapest/oldest Nikon film body for G lenses with
no aperture ring? I could live without AF/AF-S function. I wouldn't want
to spend a lot, the idea is to play around with my lenses on full
format, maybe find something on ebay or KEH with a 50mm/1.8 for a
reasonable price or just a body. I would want a decent viewfinder, I'm
guessing that's a given compared to crop frame dSLRs. Someone mentioned
how small & straightforward the FE is but that requires an aperture ring
as I understand.
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Paul Furman

Re: Simplest Nikon film body for G lenses?

Do you have an original user manual for one of your
G-lenses? .....if so......does Nikon write which camera bodies that
can be used? ......one should think so......but then you would not
have aked the question to this group. But maybe G-lens owners could
look in their manuals......I will try to look in the Nikon books I have.....
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Max Perl

Re: Simplest Nikon film body for G lenses?

Either way it's effectively useless.
This much at least seems correct.
This chart doesn't have the FA:
<http://www.nikonians.org/html/resources/nikon_articles/other/compatibility.html>
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Paul Furman

Re: Simplest Nikon film body for G lenses?

Now I'm getting confused ...
Searched with Google and the consensus is that there
is no consensus:
o All pictures will be at min aperture
o All pictures will be at max aperture
o FA can control
o FA can not control, but F90/N90 can
o F90/N90 can but only in some funky modes
o 2000 can't, 2020 can ...
I give up.
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Nicholas O. Lindan

Re: Simplest Nikon film body for G lenses?

OK I think I found another one that will work, the N/F90s and it's
pretty close to looking like an older camera with loads of features &
seems to sell for around $150 on ebay. The chart you link says G lenses
'Will only work in P and S modes, not on A or M' which is kind of odd
but certainly useable. And it does work with AI lenses, also partially.
Now I see that the N/F70 works the same as the N/F90s.
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Paul Furman

Re: Simplest Nikon film body for G lenses?

No. All it needs to know is how many stops to close the
lens from full aperture - and that is not something the
lens tells the body but the body tells the lens. The
stop-down mechanism on the lens is calibrated in stops/mm
of motion. This number is the same on all AIS and later
lenses.
Many AI and NAI lenses have about the same calibration and
work OK on newer program/auto bodies.
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Nicholas O. Lindan

Re: Simplest Nikon film body for G lenses?

Oh really? The FM3a would work with G lenses???
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Paul Furman

Re: Simplest Nikon film body for G lenses?

The problem is no way to adjust aperture at all on G lenses. Tape the
prong on the back in different positions?
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Paul Furman

Re: Simplest Nikon film body for G lenses?

"Michael Benveniste" <mhb-offer@clearether.com> wrote
Ooops, this means there is no AIS tab -- cancel my previous
post.
Nicely sums up the state of Mankind.
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Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio
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Nicholas O. Lindan

Re: Simplest Nikon film body for G lenses?

"Philip Homburg" <philip@ue.aioy.eu> wrote
The lens is open until the picture is taken, then it closes down to
the minimum aperture.
TTBOMK G lenses have a fixed AIS tab that indicates the lens is stopped
down to minimum aperture but TBOMK isn't very good sometimes, so
take with 5 lb. iodized salt.
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Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio
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Nicholas O. Lindan

Re: Simplest Nikon film body for G lenses?

It does. But when you press the shutter, the FA will always stop the
lens down to the minimum aperture. But when it comes to metering, the
camera assumes the lens is wide open.
So in order to get a valid meter reading, you have to use the DOF
preview button (making the screen go dark). You can then manually set
the shutter speed, focus through the wide-open aperture and shoot.
Not totally useless, but close enough.
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