Can any Nikon lens be used with any Nikon camera?

Question

I'm getting a F100 body and don't know if there are specific lens sizes or anything I'm supposed to use to fit it correctly. I never had to buy a lens before.

Thank you

Answer 1

The lens the jetwash is referring to are exotic expensive fish eye lens that needs the mirror to be in lockup position to be mounted.  

Answer 2

with the F100 you can use the AF, AF-D, AF-S and AF-I lenses and get full compatibility, AI, AI-S and AI converted will not matrix meter but will meter CW and Spot Only in A and M. Pre AI lenses will not work. fisheye lenses that extend into the camera can damage the camera

Non AI lenses did not index automatically you had to line up a prong when you put the lens on

AI lenses were automatic indexing so you did not have to move the aperature ring when mounting the lens.

AI-d series Nikkor lenses were factory converted from Non AI to AI

In AI-s lenses the "s" means that the actuation of the diaphragm was linearized with respect to the position of the automatic diaphragm pin. This is very important for AF cameras because they have have open-loop exposure control that depends on the aperture being exactly correct or else your exposure will be off. It is not important to manual focus cameras

P lenses are manual focus AI-s lenses that have had the electronic contacts of an AF lens added to them. I do not know of this being on 50 mm I think it was used mostly on telephotos

E series lenses were one of the first "Cheaper" nikon lenses I put the "cheaper" in quotes because they had great optical quality. They were built with well thought out, simple to manufacture optics and cheaper mechanics that were more than good enough for amateur use. These cheaper mechanics are often better than what Nikon makes today in some of their cheaper plastic AF lenses. But at the time they were one of the first lenses Nikon made with plastic instead of metal parts, so they got a bad rap. These are great buys IF they work on your camera

AF were autofocus lenses and AF-n are "new" autofocus lenses that also have a manual focus ring.

AF-D lenses send distance information to the camera to be used with things like automatic flashes

AF-I have internal focusing motors on the lenses AF-S also have internal focusing motors but you can override them with the manual focus ring without moving and switches

G lenses are lenses which have been crippled by removing their aperture rings to save cost. They do not work on older manual only cameras as you cannot set the aperature.

Answer 3

maybe.  

Answer 4

Any? No.

Lenses for the Nikon SP certainly won't fit your DSLR.

Check the lens mount. That usually determines compatibility. For Pentax it was the K bayonet mount. Leica has the M mount. Canon had an EF and something else.  

Answer 5

As long as the lens is F-mount, it will fit onto any Nikon body.

However, you need to pay attention to the sub-pix of the lens. It is because over the years Nikon implement some minor design changes that could cause damage to the camera body particularly the mirror.

Answer 6

Here's a great source to answer your question.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/compati...

And here's a very detail chart.  Scroll down about 2/3rds way and you'll see your F100 and the list of lenses that work with it.  From what I read, the AF, AF-D, AF-S, AF-I, VR, & G lenses will compliment your F100 quite well.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/compati...