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
