
Originally Posted by
genghis2510
FD lens are proprietary (non-AF) Canon lens for Canon film SLRs e.g. Canon AE-1, AV-1, A-1, F1New, etc. It's cheaper though than L lenses. I bought my A-1 and F1New bodies along with a slew of Canon zoom and prime lenses in the early 80's. It's now gathering dust in my cabinet. Nikon's Nikkor lenses from this era are still usable with today's Nikon DSLRs.
I waited for awhile before I switched to Nikon and kept on using film. However, I bought a Canon G9 in the interim. Secretly, I envied my Nikon buddies who are still using their old Nikkor lenses in their DSLRs. I switched when the D90 came out last year and I have several Nikon dx afs vr g d lenses now and longing to get a high end Nikon DX format (D300s, perhaps, without my wife noticing it.).