Nikon D5100

[manaheim]

wow digging up a 6 month old thread...

Oh yeah, wow. So OLD troll.

 

[Mach0]

Damn.... I failed lol

 

[jblade]

well lucky for me this thread was dug up....
can anyone tell me if 949.99 for a d5100 is a good deal with a 18-55mm and 55-300mm lens thrown into the package?

my 2nd thought process is that the d5100 doesn't have af in the body so i have to be worried about what lenses i select... but i guess that's more of me being lazy and not wanting to do the research... i think i understand that the d7000 does have af in the body therefore making this issue irrelevant, but the d7000 seems out of my price range

 

[KmH]

The AF in the camera body of the D7000, only gets used if the lens on the camera doesn't have an AF motor in it (AF-S lenses have a focus motor in them, and the in-the-lens motor is always used to focus an AF-S lens).

The older AF lenses that don't have a focus motor in them are last generation pro grade lenses so, with only a few exceptions, they are not inexpensive lenses.

Here are a few of the popular and often recommended AF (not AF-S) lenses;

Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8D ED AF Zoom Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras

Nikon 24-85mm f/2.8-4.0D IF AF Zoom Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras

Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras
Nikon 50mm f/1.4D AF Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras
Nikon 85mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras
Nikon 85mm f/1.4D AF Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras

Nikon 135mm f/2.0D AF DC-Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras
Nikon 105mm f/2.0D AF DC-Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras