[OM] Re: Canon D20

[Wayne Harridge]

> 
> Well Canon did really when they went from FD mount to EOS. In 
> fact you 
> can put almost any lens on an EOS (I've used Zuiko, M42 and 
> Pentacon P6 
> lenses) EXCEPT an FD/FL lens! You need an expensive adaptor with an 
> optical element. Nikon's generation change was more gradual but I 
> suspect that F lenses aren't too functional on a D body or 
> even an F5, 
> I think. The brilliance of Canon was to design a really 
> clever mount in 
> 1988.

>From what I've read the older Nikon lenses are supported better on the Canon
digital bodies than on the Nikon D100 & D70.  I'm starting to think
seriously about a 300D.

...Wayne


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