Can an HOYA lense somehow be used on a Digital SLR (Nikon d3100)?
I got to know that I somehow found an old lens in my storage which is a HOYA 135mm Tele-Auto lens and I wanted to know if I can utilize it using any specific adapters (if any) so that it works with my Nikon D3100.
if not than can you suggest anything i could do with it, or is it just an antique piece now?
Thanks alot!
Added (1). Apologies for the lack of information i have on mounts, this lense i found was with a canon ae-7 program slr, but it doesn't function anymore. Can you guyz please be generous enough to spell it out even louder for me.id really appreciate it!
If that lens was originally made to fit Nikon, then it will fit any Nikon. Auto functions may not work. If it has a different mount; Canon, Minolta, Pentax K, etc, then it will not fit a Nikon, and can't be made to do so.
If it is a Pentax screwmount or M42 lens, you can get an M42-Nikon F adapter. Get the one with a glass element in it so that you can focus the lens to infinity.
Check the mount. Hoya was (and still is through Tokina) a third-party lens maker. If you're lucky, you may already have an antique Nikon-F mount lens in your hands.
Autofocus is sometimes slower thern doing it yourself. Auto metering is no big losws. As long as you can see a meter reading then adjusting the aperture and focussing rtakes a couple of seconds.
It only makes sense to use this lense if it is a Nikon mount. Every other fitting needs an optical adaptor that by introducing more glass into the system, degrades the image to some extent.