So, I decided to give something a try.

I thought..oh, I have a Nikon DSLR with a few lenses. Let me see if any of them fit my Nikon FE2.

I decided to see if my 35mm lens would fit, since the ‘only’ lens I have for the FE2 is a 50mm lens.

The opening was the right size.

The lens snapped into place it seemed.

So, I loaded up the camera with a roll of black and white film. Took a few photos around the house before taking the camera with me on a day trip to Yosemite.

The first thing I noticed is that I had no idea what the aperture was. I would just rotate the lens to try to focus each picture as I was taking them.

I didn’t think this was going to be an issue at all.

I just figured that the lens fit, I was able to get images into focus, so I just happily snapped the whole rest of the roll while riding my bike around Yosemite.

Sent the roll off to be developed and was super excited when I got the email that my pictures were ready to be viewed and downloaded.

But…most of the photos did not turn out at all!

So, this was an unsuccessful photography experiment where I learned that just because the lens fits, doesn’t mean that it will actually work on that camera.

Have you ever had a completely unsuccessful photography experiment?