Nikon SLR Cameras

Does the Nikon FM10 function with Nikkor lens that hasautomatic apertures settings?

Guest
Guest

I want to buy a Nikon FM10 but I want to know if you can use other Nikkor lenses with an automatic aperture.

Caramel
Caramel

No, it won't work. The FM10 accepts any lens with the Nikon F bayonet mount supporting the Aperture Indexing (AI) feature (introduced in 1977), and thus the majority of Nikon lenses manufactured in recent decades. The modern Nikon-made AI lenses are the AF-S Nikkor, AF-I Nikkor, AF Nikkor D and Nikkor AI-S types. The discontinued Nikkor AI and Nikon Series E lenses are also AI types. Many third-party Nikon-mount lenses will also mount and function correctly on the FM10.

Many of the newest Nikon and third-party F-mount lenses, and some older designs, will mount on the FM10, but will not function properly. Nikon's most recent 35 mm film/full-frame FX digital SLR lenses, the AF Nikkor G type (introduced in 2000) lack an aperture control ring, without which there's no way to set aperture using the FM10.AF Nikkor DX type (2003) lack an aperture ring as well, and have a smaller image circles sized for the smaller sensors on Nikon's DX digital SLRs, thus projecting a black vignette circle onto the FM10 film plane. Nikon's Vibration Reduction (VR) image stabilization system, available on some newer lenses since 2000, does not function on the FM10.

George Y
George Y

All Nikon SLR's can use any Nikon mount lens with an autodiaphram. Those "auto" lenses open the aperture wide open for a brighter image as you compose the photo, then automatically close down to the necessary aperture at the moment you press the shutterbutton.

The FM10 is a fully manual camera and requires lenses with aperture rings, so the G series of lenses won't work. Also, since the 35mm film size is larger than the DX sensor, any DX series of lenses would cut-off parts of the image. You'd need an FX lens for full image coverage.

Here's a webpage with more information.
http://www.kenrockwell.com/...y-lens.htm