Basic (newbie) D70 lens question

Archived from groups: rec.photo.digital (More info?)

Hi all,

I've been experimenting with my Nikon D70 for a few months now, and want to
move beyond the 18-70 kit lens.

I'm looking at the Nikon 28-200mm f3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF Zoom-Nikkor lens, but
know that plenty of other non-Nikon lenses will work with the camera. My
question is how do I know what will and won't work with the D70, and which
ones will handle metering, aperture etc. via the camera.

Sorry for what I suspect is quite a basic question!

Thanks in advance.

--
Dave Collins

Archived from groups: rec.photo.digital (More info?)

Amy Nikon slr lens will mount on the D70.
This is Nikon' s greatest gift to its loyal users.
Only autofocus lenses will couple with the meter. Autofocus lenses that have
an aperture adjustment ring have to be locked in their autoexposure mode to
be used with the camera meter; you set apertures via the thumbwhell just
like with G type lenses that lack an aperture lens.
The various 28-200 lenses by any manufacturer, including Nikon, are as a
group among the worst lenses ever made. I would add to this list the new
Nikon 55-200, which is even worse than the Nikon 28-200.
If you want an excellent piece of glass and supporting mechanics any of the
Nikon 80-200 zooms are excellent. They are also BIG and HEAVY. Hence they
tend to gather dust in the closet for many users.
I would humbly suggest that you look into the Tamron or Sigma 18-200 digital
only zooms. At the wide end your Nikon kit lens outperforms these lenses
because of a bit less distortion which you may or may not notice (not
chromatic like Canons, barrel and easily corrected in Photoshop). However
they are very good performers at the long end, 70 plus mm focal length
(certainly far better than the execrable Nikon 55-200. Did I mention I
despise that lens?). These Tamron/Sigmas are clearly not as high quality as
80-200 Nikon zooms. They are lighter, smaller, reasonable performers that
you will use more often and get more out of.

Archived from groups: rec.photo.digital (More info?)

"Dave Collins" <dave@nospamsharewarepromotions.com> wrote in message
news:4336fbdc$0$306$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk...
> Hi all,
>
> I've been experimenting with my Nikon D70 for a few months now, and want
> to move beyond the 18-70 kit lens.
>
> I'm looking at the Nikon 28-200mm f3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF Zoom-Nikkor lens, but
> know that plenty of other non-Nikon lenses will work with the camera. My
> question is how do I know what will and won't work with the D70, and which
> ones will handle metering, aperture etc. via the camera.

<-- don't throw away your kit lens.
Its a fine lens priced cheaply. If you want to cover the tele range, just
grap yourself a AF 70-300 G ED lens.
Its a good lens at a decent price.
or if you have the budget, the AF-S 70-200 G VR ED is the way to go.

to know which lens will work, just ask your retailer does the 3rd party lens
is Nikon compatible.

=bob=

Archived from groups: rec.photo.digital (More info?)

I use the (old) Nikkor f4.5-5.6 D 80-200 mm AF zoom that I bought in about
1998 as a relatively small and lightweight medium zoom lens. It focuses
fast, and is very sharp, possibly because the light weight and limited
maximum zoom allow me to keep the picture very crisp even when handheld.


"Dave Collins" <dave@nospamsharewarepromotions.com> wrote in message
news:4336fbdc$0$306$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk...
> Hi all,
>
> I've been experimenting with my Nikon D70 for a few months now, and want
> to move beyond the 18-70 kit lens.
>
> I'm looking at the Nikon 28-200mm f3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF Zoom-Nikkor lens, but
> know that plenty of other non-Nikon lenses will work with the camera. My
> question is how do I know what will and won't work with the D70, and which
> ones will handle metering, aperture etc. via the camera.
>
> Sorry for what I suspect is quite a basic question!
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> Dave Collins
>
>

Archived from groups: rec.photo.digital (More info?)

Thanks everyone. Some great advice there.

Really appreciated!

--
Dave Collins