Can the filters from FILM SLR cameras be used for digital cameras?
Generally speaking the answer is yes. The only thing is that on the smaller sensor DSLR you will need to use a circular polarizer instead. As to whether the lenses you own will fit on a new DSLR camera. They should as long as the camera company has not changed the mount. You don’t say what kind of camera you have but basically all Nikon lenses from 1959 on will work. For Canon all EOS mount lenses will work. The FD mount was discontinued in 1987 and all cameras made since then use the EOS mount. Pretty much all Pentax lenses will fit on the current Pentax digital SLR’s. All Minolta lenses will fit on the Sony cameras. I’m not sure on Olympus but they will probably work as well. The only difference is that most of the DSLR’s use a sensor that is smaller than 35mm film so there is a crop factor that you need to add to the focal legth of your lens. For most this 1.5 or 1.6. So a 100mm lens would perform as a 150-160mm lens. This will depend on the camera company. A good lens for shooting
With a DSLR the only filters you really need are a Haze/UV filter to protect the front element and a circular polarizer. The effects of colored filters (red, green, yellow, etc.) can be duplicated in Photoshop. Since you can set the white balance on a DSLR for different light sources (fluorescent, tungsten) you no longer need correction filters. Now about film camera lenses and DSLR compatibility. Pentax is still using the K-mount introduced in 1975 so any K-mount lens will mount to the Pentax K200D or K20D or their predecessors. There are limitations when using the older manual focus lenses but at least you can use them. Canon changed their lens mount fron the FD to the EOS type when they introduced their auto focus EOS Rebel. So if you have a collection of Canon FD mount lenses they are of no use with a Canon DSLR. There may be an adapter but you’ll have to look for it. Nikon kept their lens mount compatibility when they went to auto focus and then to the DSLR line. Minolta changed t
