dSLR cameras and biking?

[brianrossy]

Just a quick one, I was looking at buying a Nikkor 50mm 1.8 lens. There are two options... a 1.8G and a 1.8D. Does anyone know what the big difference between these is?

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Originally Posted by brianrossy

Just a quick one, I was looking at buying a Nikkor 50mm 1.8 lens. There are two options... a 1.8G and a 1.8D. Does anyone know what the big difference between these is?

too many models to keep track of...

Nikkor lens came in three different flavors with lots of minor differences in between.

1. original Nikkor lens were manual focus, manual metering

2. then came AF Nikkors on film cameras. need motor on camera body to drive auto focus. electronically coupled for AF and metering.

3. then came AF DX lens with motor inside lens, full electronic coupling

4. then came AF FX lens for full frame sensor bodies, full electronic coupling. motor inside lens

hope this helps ...

[Mermaid]

Originally Posted by brianrossy

Just a quick one, I was looking at buying a Nikkor 50mm 1.8 lens. There are two options... a 1.8G and a 1.8D. Does anyone know what the big difference between these is?

The G type doesn't have an aperture ring so aperture is set via the camera. They're compatible with most Nikons including D3, D2, D1, D700, D300, D200, D100, D90, D80, D70, D60, D50 and D40. I've only listed these as they seem to be the most common at the moment. If you have a different Nikon let me know and I'll check the list for you.
If it helps, I have both G and D type lenses that I use with my D700.

[nKmS]

Originally Posted by Mermaid

The G type doesn't have an aperture ring so aperture is set via the camera. They're compatible with most Nikons including D3, D2, D1, D700, D300, D200, D100, D90, D80, D70, D60, D50 and D40. I've only listed these as they seem to be the most common at the moment. If you have a different Nikon let me know and I'll check the list for you.
If it helps, I have both G and D type lenses that I use with my D700.

Also, the D lesns does not have a built in motor so autofocus will not work with some entry slr's that don't have an in-camera motor (d40,60,3000?, etc..)

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