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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / August 2005Nikon D70
I have bought a Nikon D70 with the Nikkor AF Zoom 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G lens. My previous camera was the Nikon F401 & I'm wondering if the AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-210mm f/4-5.6 AI-S lens will work properly with the D70. The auto focus seems to work but I've been told that the auto metering will not. Best Wishes Bruce ( Illegitimi non carborundum est ) > I have bought a Nikon D70 with the Nikkor AF Zoom 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G lens. > My previous camera was the Nikon F401 & I'm wondering if the AF Zoom-Nikkor [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Bruce > ( Illegitimi non carborundum est ) The 70-210 f4-5.6 AF lens will work without problems. If it is a f4-f5.6 "D" then all the better - as the D (distance information) supplied to the camera body supports 3d colour matrix metering, and the D version has a very high AF gear ratio - it focuses very quickly - if a little noisily. > The 70-210 f4-5.6 AF lens will work without problems. If it is a > f4-f5.6 "D" then all the better - as the D (distance information) > supplied to the camera body supports 3d colour matrix metering, and the > D version has a very high AF gear ratio - it focuses very quickly - if a > little noisily. I do believe that he stated it was an AI-S lens.  SignatureThomas T. Veldhouse Key Fingerprint: 2DB9 813F F510 82C2 E1AE 34D0 D69D 1EDC D5EC AED1 Spammers please contact me at renegade@veldy.net. > I do believe that he stated it was an AI-S lens. He also said it was AF. Hence the confusion. (Most Nikon AF lenses are also AI-S, which can cause some misunderstandings.) SignatureJeremy | jeremy@exit109.com >> I do believe that he stated it was an AI-S lens. > > He also said it was AF. Hence the confusion. (Most Nikon AF lenses are > also AI-S, which can cause some misunderstandings.) I thought ALL AF lenses were AI-S also. What are the exceptions? George > I thought ALL AF lenses were AI-S also. What are the exceptions? The "G" lenses are not AI-S. SignatureJeremy | jeremy@exit109.com >> I thought ALL AF lenses were AI-S also. What are the exceptions? > > The "G" lenses are not AI-S. I guess I wasn't paying real close attention as I'd never really wanted a lens w/o an aperture ring (due to lack of backward compatibility with my older camera bodies)...there really doesn't seem to be any reason for G series to not be AI-S except cost savings because the cameras that CAN use the G lenses don't look at the old mechanical AI/AI-S indexing. Thanks for the education! George >>> I thought ALL AF lenses were AI-S also. What are the exceptions? >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >lens w/o an aperture ring (due to lack of >backward compatibility with my older camera bodies). Well ... it depends on *how* muc older the camera bodies are. The 18-70mm f3.5-4.5 G (D70 "kit" lens) works nicely on the Nikon N90s camera body -- other than the vignetting -- which happens to not be a problem with mine, since it is a NC2000e/c -- the N90s film body was mounted onto a back made by Kodak to turn it into a digital camera, and the sensor gives a crop factor similar to the D70. However -- not all cameras will be able to control the G series lenses. Certainly my much older Nikon F bodies will be at a loss in dealing with them. > ..there really doesn't >seem to be any reason for G series to >not be AI-S except cost savings because the cameras that CAN use the G >lenses don't look at the old mechanical >AI/AI-S indexing. Thanks for the education! They don't indeed. And note that quite a few recent lenses are available both in the G format and in ones with the AI/AI-S indexing -- and there *is* a significant difference in the prices of otherwise identical lenses. Enjoy, DoN. SignatureEmail: <dnichols@d-and-d.com> | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- >I have bought a Nikon D70 with the Nikkor AF Zoom 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G lens. >My previous camera was the Nikon F401 & I'm wondering if the AF Zoom-Nikkor >70-210mm f/4-5.6 AI-S lens will work properly with the D70. > >The auto focus seems to work but I've been told that the auto metering will >not. http://support.nikontech.com/cgi-bin/nikonusa.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqi d=13349&p_created=1106586269&p_sid=dcisW_Mh&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5 PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9ODYmcF9wcm9kcz0xOSwwJnBfY2F0cz0xNzgmcF9wdj0xLjE5 OzIudTAmcF9jdj0xLjE3ODsyLnUwJnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfbmwmcF9wYWdl PTE*&p_li=&p_topview=1 ---------- Ed Ruf Lifetime AMA# 344007 (Usenet@EdwardG.Ruf.com) See images taken with my CP-990/5700 & D70 at http://edwardgruf.com/Digital_Photography/General/index.html >I have bought a Nikon D70 with the Nikkor AF Zoom 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G lens. >My previous camera was the Nikon F401 & I'm wondering if the AF Zoom-Nikkor >70-210mm f/4-5.6 AI-S lens will work properly with the D70. If it's an autofocus lens, it will work fine, but you won't be able to use 3D flash metering. Non-autofocus AI-S lenses will mount correctly, but most can only be used in non-metered manual mode. SignatureMichael Benveniste -- mhb-offer@clearether.com Spam and UCE professionally evaluated for $419. Use this email address only to submit mail for evaluation. > ( Illegitimi non carborundum est ) Scio erit in lecto fortissimus |
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