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Originally Posted by SteveDallas
Yes, they would be. If Bruce bought any of the Nikon DSLR bodies all his lenses should work. The reasons are obvious. (It lets the manufacturers reuse parts of their existing design, it gives them a pile of lenses they can sell new customers right out of the gate, and it gives existing customers a disincentive to buy a camera from another company.)
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Actually, it depends on how old the lenses are. For most people, the old lenses will work fine. But if they are manual focus lenses, they won't work perfectly with the DSLR bodies. If they are more modern autofocus, they will work just fine. There are charts that show compatibility. The big problem is the DSLR bodies can't change the aperature inside the lenses to get the exposure right, even if you are willing to focus manually. That leaves you having to carry around an external light meter and doing the math to figure out what aperature to use with the shutter speed you set.
I've got a beautiful old Nikon FE (circa 1983) and a big set of manual focus lenses. When the Nikon D50 came out, I was all excited until I read the lens compatibility charts.