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From: SofPasuk@imagen.UUCP (Munach Rvi'i)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: Buying a 35 mm camera
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Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 12:13:25 EST
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> I believe that Im in the market for a new 35 mm camera.  I own
> an Nikon F and 3 lenses (28, 50, 135 mm), and an external meter.
> 
> Im signed up for a portrait photograph class and plan to go for
> two weeks to a photogenic country.  Im considering buying Nikon
> because I liked them.  The cameras under consideration are the FG 20
> or N2000 body, the lenses are 35-105 zoom or 35-135 zoom.
> 
> Does anybody out there have experience, + or -, with these parts?
> How about experience with cheaper lenses, like Vivitar zooms?
> Thanks
> 
> Love this free advice I can get without leaving my home.
> 
> Arthur Goldberg
> 3680-D Boelter Hall
> UCLA Computer Science Department
> LA, Ca. 9024
> (213) 825-2864 / 820-6081
> art@ucla-cs

Why don't you just use what you've got?  Excellent camera body and lenses.
Unless the camera body was not working and the estimated repair expense was
over $100, I'd recommend that you use your current equipment !!!!!!!!!!!!
The most important hardware for your upcoming class stands BEHIND the camera!

To answer your question more specifically,
if you have older Nikon lenses, they will require a retrofit job on the mount
to work with newer Nikon camera bodies in automatic mode.  If you have REALLY
OLD lenses (before 1968), Nikon may not be able to do the retrofit, although
there are several companies that do a very good custom retrofit job. (I have
had such work done both by Nikon and others - old lenses are great with new
bodies when I needed ADDITIONAL camera bodies!)