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Can I use a Nikon 35mm camera lens with any Nikon Digital Camera?

I've got a lot of great Nikon lenses but want to up grade to a digital camera. Can I get any Nikon Digital Camera to use with these lenses? My understanding is that most F-mount lenses are compatible with newer models.

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1. For Nikon multiply 1.5 times the the focal legnth of you slr lens and this will give you the angle of vew on a DX camera. The focal legnth with not change. Since the sensor's in DSLR are much smaller then 35mm. More about crop factors and how they affect DSLR's http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/crop-fac... If it is a D40 D40x or D60 you can only use AF-S some AF-I lenes to get all the functions. The D3 is the only Full Frame Nikon that can utilize 35mm SLR lenes exactly with no change.
2. They will all fit. The more advanced DSLR's like the D200 and up, will use any of the older cameras ... including metering with them. I use four lenses from the 1970's and they all work just fine, since I don't mind manually focusing them For the complete list of lenses and compatibility look here http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/compatibility-lens.htm
3. Yes, they are compatible.
4. yes and no 99% of all nikon 35mm lenses will fit all the current Nikon DSLRs... HOWEVER, certain things may not work on the camera when you use an older lenses metering is sometimes lost on the DSLR if you don't use a Nikon lens that has the electronics in the lens... or if you buy a D40, D40x, D60 you would not be able to use an older Nikon auto focus lens and have the auto focus work unless it was one of the AF lenses with the built in motor. The oldest AF lenses required a motor drive in the camera body to focus the lens, Nikon left that motor out of the low end cheaper DSLRs.