Nikon SLR Cameras

Can an HOYA lense somehow be used on a Digital SLR (Nikon d3100)?

Arsalan Khatri
Arsalan Khatri

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!

John P
John P

If that lens was originally made to fit Nikon, then it will fit any Nikon.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.

keerok
keerok

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.

BigAl
BigAl

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.