i have an old camera Nikon F55 which uses film.
1. can i use its lens on a digital camera?
2. if yes, must it be a nikon or can it go on any other brand?
3. whats the cheapest camera that will be able to use that lens?
thanks

Nikon DF !!

Can use with all nikon camera. But if use with nikon cheapeast dslr, might be manual focus if the lens is not afs lens

thanks.

is nikon 1 j3 my cheapest option?

Yes and no.

Yes if u buy an extra adapter that will fit it on.

No because you will lose all auto focus, auto aperture etc.

Generally not the best option.

ok. so whats my best option without breaking the bank? nikon df looks really expensive.

Nikon df is the NEW king of low light, exceeding D4 score !

If u have old nikkor lens, then u r good to go!

You might want to consider not getting the Nikon 1 series because it has a 2.7X crop factor, which might be overkill magnification to get used to when using your old lenses.

Try looking for Nikon D90. Might also be easy to find the D90 second hand for a good price for less than RM1.5K. I hear the Nikon D90 can work the Auto Focus on old nikon lenses.

Bring your lenses along to try out the D90. I read that some lenses need to do some tricks like lock the max aperture f22 before the camera can access the automatic controls. A lot of maybes so just bring your lenses to test out the camera.

This post has been edited by Rice_Owl84: Dec 19 2013, 02:43 PM

thanks all for advice