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I'm a new photographer. Until recently, my only experience with pictures came from cheap digital cameras and phones -- until I discovered a nice SLR camera* lying around at home. I found some rolls...
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I'm a new photographer. Until recently, my only experience with pictures came from cheap digital cameras and phones -- until I discovered a [nice SLR camera](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oOFpebQQvbqyLa985H0-8CC8OrqnaEXR/view?usp=sharing)* lying around at home. I found some rolls of 35mm film and several lenses with that camera, and have been taking pictures with it for the past few months. I think I'm ready to buy a low-end/starter DSLR and get a lot more practice with photography (and I'm looking forward to seeing the resulting images much faster :-). I think it would be a waste if I had to buy all new lenses with a new camera -- the three that I have are pretty good. **Can I buy a new digital camera that is compatible with my old Nikon film lenses?** I'm basically a complete camera newb, so I'm going to include as much detail as I can in case it's relevant. Please let me know if I need to add any other information or more specific pictures of the lenses to clarify :-) **Camera details:** Nikon N6006 with AF. **Lens details:** * Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 * Nikon AF Micro Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 * Vivitar 28-200mm f/3.5-5.3 Macro Focusing Zoom Lens 72mm The two Nikon lenses have autofocus, the Vivitar lens does not. All of the lenses have a manual aperture ring without (as far as I know) any possibility of giving aperture control to the camera. **Budget:** $300-500. I'm including budget to keep this question on-topic per ArtOfCode's #6 description [here](https://photography.codidact.com/a/74927/74933), but I'll upvote answers with a) specific model recommendations AND/OR b) general guidelines so I know _how_ to find a camera that will work. ---- \* I had some trouble uploading a picture of my camera and lenses directly (as I might have done on Stack Exchange). I'm including a Google Drive link until I can figure out how to include a regular picture in the question post.