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I read a reply to a question in a recent Popular Photography magazine regarding the use of older lenses that were designed for film cameras on modern DSLRs. Pop Photo responded that older lenses generally will work well with new cameras with one caveat. They mentioned that the DSLR sensor is more reflective than film and this can cause ghosting / internal reflections with some older lenses that would not have been seen on the film camera. They mentioned that modern lenses typically include a coating on the rear lense element to deal with this problem. I'd never heard of this issue before, other than discussion of ED coatings in general to improve contrast, etc.
Since the Panasonic / Olympus Micro 4/3 cameras easily adapt to a variety of lenses (and since Panasonic and Olympus have been so slow in bringing out M4/3 lenses), I've looked into acquiring older lenses and adapting my existing Nikon lenses. Based on the Pop Photo article, I wonder if that is a good idea?
Since the Panasonic / Olympus Micro 4/3 cameras easily adapt to a variety of lenses (and since Panasonic and Olympus have been so slow in bringing out M4/3 lenses), I've looked into acquiring older lenses and adapting my existing Nikon lenses. Based on the Pop Photo article, I wonder if that is a good idea?