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Nikon Lens Compatibility D5000?
Hello, I just bought online a d5000dx nikon. I would buy a new lens and the Nikon-Nikkor 80-200mm zoom C AI no f4.5. Are you a d5000dx camera lens? Any help would be great. Furthermore, generally do most Nikon lenses fit on cameras Nikon?
All entry level Nikon cameras are designed to use the AF-S Nikkor lenses. They are the fastest lenses focus and self-made and the passage of time, all new Nikkor AF-S is. If you really wanted to use manual focus lenses, you should have done a little more research. What I found is that cameras like the Nikon D90, D80 and D70 can use all AF Nikkor lenses as well as all "AI" manual shutter lenses. You would also have to-ai lenses do not need to be updated to avian influenza so that the light metering system work. Do they think spent his money before you have all the facts. The old 80-200 mm lens was wonderful when I was the only kid in town and was mounted on a Nikon F2 Nice, but that was decades ago. Here is a list of all Nikkor lenses, and camera bodies with which they work. http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/compatibility-lens.htm