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Originally Posted by dougjgreen
The fact is, the Zuiko primes were pretty much just as good as the Nikon primes, and were the mount still preserved, with full functionality, those lenses would NOT be mere curiousities in the digital space.
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A modern DSLR system released with manual focus lenses would be a curiosity and nothing more. And as you know, the old OM lenses can be mounted if required (I use it all the time), but in the end it's a pointless argument as you think that being able to directly mount old OM manual focus lenses (i.e. achieving the "full functionality" of the OM lens) is some sort of bonus. If it is then just leave the adapter in place and you have what you are asking for.
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As for the issue about making DX-specific lenses going forward - I have no problem with that, as the folks who will buy them don't have or don't much use the older film cameras that have any issue with them. The folks who need full frame coverage have a huge smorgasbord of wonderful optics to buy on the used market. The important thing is, the mount, and the functionality of the older lenses (which is what makes up the lion's share of the investment) is fully preserved in any current higher-end Nikon body.
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but the functionality
isn't preserved. You are using a crop of the image circle of these lenses on a DX body. No doubt it actually increases it's relative performance, but it is not 'fully preserved'.