With no battery compatibility, it's already mostly useless as a backup body.
-Adam P. J. Alling wrote: > 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
