That should be AF-S not AIS, I should really read these things before I hit send.
It also cuts down on the after market lens sales for Nikon, and makes it a poor choice as a backup body for the less well heeled professionals. Now if Nikon had a raft of budget AIS lenses available it might be a different story. As an aside, the Ken Rockwell® non review of the D40, set off a nice little flame war in the DP review Nikon discussion. Nothing like the ones we get going though. Adam Maas wrote: > Well, it does cut down on 3rd party lens sales. Only Sigma makes > AF-S-compatible lenses (HSM) and their cheapest HSM lens is the 30mm f1.4, > which isn't exactly low-budget. > > -Adam > > > P. J. Alling wrote: > >> But you get my drift. >> >> Adam Maas wrote: >> >> >>> Well, they do have the two 18-55's and the 55-200. But nothing else. And >>> the 70-300G is a better deal than the 55-200 (cheaper, more range, similar >>> performance, but unusable as a MF lens due to having the worst focus ring >>> ever put on a lens). >>> >>> -Adam >>> >>> >>> P. J. Alling wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> So Nikon has released a budget body and has no budget lenses that are >>>> fully compatible. Interesting marketing move. >>>> >>>> Adam Maas wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> That's a major issue. While all but one DX lens is AF-S (The 10.5mm >>>>> fisheye isn't), the only low-budget lenses that are AF-S are the 18-55's >>>>> and the 55-200. Because the lowest-end of the film Nikons have never >>>>> supported AF-S, all the other low-budget lenses are screwdriver AF, even >>>>> 3rd party lenses. >>>>> >>>>> If you want an AF-S telezoom, your cheapest options after the 55-200 are >>>>> the Sigma 70-200 f2.8 HSM or the Nikon 70-300 VR, neither of which are >>>>> below $600USD and the latter is widely available. >>>>> >>>>> -Adam >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Boris Liberman wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I am not a Nikonian, but how many lenses are there with AF motor in >>>>>> the lens compared to grand total number of Nikon lenses that could be >>>>>> mounted on this camera? >>>>>> >>>>>> This is not a trolling question, merely my curiosity. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 11/16/06, Dario Bonazza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0611/06111603nikond40handsonpreview.asp >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Dario >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
