Full Frame Compatability?

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Im a D200 user and really happy with it
but i feel soon will come the time to jump to full frame
how will i know what from my lens collection will be compatable
and what wont?
ive recently heard conflicting opinoins
thanks guys
 
Why not post a list of what you've got?

Wide angle zooms with filter diameter of 67mm or less will most likely be designed for cropped sensors.
 
hi guys sorry i thought it would pop on my signature what i have
well heres a list
Main Camera
Nikon D200
Lens #1
Nikon 50mm f1.8 D AF Lens
Lens #2
Nikon 55-200mm f4-5.6 G AF-S DX VR IF-ED Lens
Lens #3
Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4.5 HSM Lens
Lens #4
Sigma 105mm f2.8 EX DG Macro Lens
Lens #5
Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 EX DC HSM Lens
 
I assume that there's a slight difference between Nikon and Canon small sensor compatable lenses. Canon has the EF-S lenses which are only compatable on the xxxD and xxD series of camera's, won't work on the xD or 1D series of camera's, where as the Nikon lenses divided into the series of lenses designed for the D40, D40X, D60 which have a focus motor built into the lens (not the camera body) and the standard series of lenses for the full frame and crop sensor series of camera's like the D90 which rely on the focus motor built into the camera body. If you have the D200 nikon body, I assume that most of you lenses would work on a full frame camera. (Edit didn't see list of lenses, answer in thread below)

Peter
 
The good news
They will all fit and they will all autofocus.

The bad news
The Nikon 55-250 is a DX lens and the Sigma 10-20 and 17-70 are DC lenses. When you attach them to a full-frame camera, they can't fill the frame. The camera crops the image; you only get about 5MP out of the 12MP that the D3/D700 ordinarily provides.
 
Any Nikon lens with DX on it is not a fullframe.

Any Sigma lens with DC on it, is not a fullframe.

Sorry don't know about the other brands (Tamron, Tokina)

Voigtlander and Zeiss tend to be, all, fullframe.
 
Wow, you must be my identical twin (well from a photography sense anyway!!) I am also considering FF and my lenses are almost a mirror of yours so am very interested in the answer to this question (although I already know my Sigma 10-20 is a no-no :(
 
dore187 said:
hi guys sorry i thought it would pop on my signature what i have
well heres a list
Main Camera
Nikon D200
Lens #1
Nikon 50mm f1.8 D AF Lens
Lens #2
Nikon 55-200mm f4-5.6 G AF-S DX VR IF-ED Lens
Lens #3
Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4.5 HSM Lens
Lens #4
Sigma 105mm f2.8 EX DG Macro Lens
Lens #5
Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 EX DC HSM Lens
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Nikon 55-200mm f4-5.6 G AF-S DX VR IF-ED Lens (No Designed for APS-C format sensors)
Nikon 50mm f1.8 D AF Lens (Yes)
Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4.5 HSM Lens (No Designed for APS-C format sensors)
Sigma 105mm f2.8 EX DG Macro Lens (Yes)
Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 EX DC HSM Lens (No Designed for APS-C format sensors)

Peter
 
StewartR said:
The good news
They will all fit and they will all autofocus.

The bad news
The Nikon 55-250 is a DX lens and the Sigma 10-20 and 17-70 are DC lenses. When you attach them to a full-frame camera, they can't fill the frame. The camera crops the image; you only get about 5MP out of the 12MP that the D3/D700 ordinarily provides.
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The really bad news

The shopping trip to get you up and running with similar lenses of a suitable quality is going to be costly!
 
Based on a few threads I would think a Tamron 28-75 would be a good 1st lens to go with the D700 (currently under £300) my dilemma is the zoom and UWA FF compatable lenses, looks like again the Tamron 28-300 might be good but can't find out if the 120-400 sigma I have will be ok (any thoughts?) as for UWA seems the 14-24 is the best bet if the piggy bank can stretch that far or possibly the Nikon 17-35mm f/2.8D which seems to be a better compromise with a little less on the price too!!!!!

Take a look here http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d700/lenses.htm as although some people don't rate him Ken does give a reasonable run down on the best lenses to put on the D700
 
For UWA if the piggy bank can't stretch to the 14-24 Nikkor then Sigma do a FF 12-24 instead for about 1/2 the price(£665 v £1249 at Warehouseexpress) . Its slow (f1:4.5-5.6) if thats an issue. I have one of these and love it.

Hugh
 
Oh well 2 out of 3 aint bad..!
ha ha
thanks to all that have responded
 
You should also consider the Tamron f/2.8-4 17-35mm.

The Sigma 120-400mm is a DG (not DC) lens, so will be fine.
 
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