Nikon D70

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Bruce wrote:
> I have bought a Nikon D70 with the Nikkor AF Zoom 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G lens.
> My previous camera was the Nikon F401 & I'm wondering if the AF Zoom-Nikkor
> 70-210mm f/4-5.6 AI-S lens will work properly with the D70.
>
> The auto focus seems to work but I've been told that the auto metering will
> not.
>
>
> Best Wishes
> Bruce
> ( Illegitimi non carborundum est )
>
The 70-210 f4-5.6 AF lens will work without problems. If it is a
f4-f5.6 "D" then all the better - as the D (distance information)
supplied to the camera body supports 3d colour matrix metering, and the
D version has a very high AF gear ratio - it focuses very quickly - if a
little noisily.

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On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 21:04:38 GMT, "Bruce" <brucefalcon@blueyonder.co.uk>
wrote:

>I have bought a Nikon D70 with the Nikkor AF Zoom 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G lens.
>My previous camera was the Nikon F401 & I'm wondering if the AF Zoom-Nikkor
>70-210mm f/4-5.6 AI-S lens will work properly with the D70.

If it's an autofocus lens, it will work fine, but you won't be able
to use 3D flash metering. Non-autofocus AI-S lenses will mount
correctly, but most can only be used in non-metered manual mode.

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Steve Franklin wrote:
>>( Illegitimi non carborundum est
>
> Scio erit in lecto fortissimus
>
>
請, �在去去。

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Thomas T. Veldhouse <veldy71@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I do believe that he stated it was an AI-S lens.

He also said it was AF. Hence the confusion. (Most Nikon AF lenses are
also AI-S, which can cause some misunderstandings.)

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george <nowhere@newsonly.com> wrote:

> I thought ALL AF lenses were AI-S also. What are the exceptions?

The "G" lenses are not AI-S.

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In article <YOoNe.2251$ih4.92@fe02.lga>, george <nowhere@newsonly.com> wrote:
>
>"Jeremy Nixon" <jeremy@exit109.com> wrote in message
>news:11g58ulm2u4go1a@corp.supernews.com...
>> george <nowhere@newsonly.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I thought ALL AF lenses were AI-S also. What are the exceptions?
>>
>> The "G" lenses are not AI-S.
>>
>> --
>> Jeremy | jeremy@exit109.com
>
>I guess I wasn't paying real close attention as I'd never really wanted a
>lens w/o an aperture ring (due to lack of
>backward compatibility with my older camera bodies).

Well ... it depends on *how* muc older the camera bodies are.
The 18-70mm f3.5-4.5 G (D70 "kit" lens) works nicely on the Nikon N90s
camera body -- other than the vignetting -- which happens to not be a
problem with mine, since it is a NC2000e/c -- the N90s film body was
mounted onto a back made by Kodak to turn it into a digital camera, and
the sensor gives a crop factor similar to the D70.

However -- not all cameras will be able to control the G series
lenses. Certainly my much older Nikon F bodies will be at a loss in
dealing with them.

> ..there really doesn't
>seem to be any reason for G series to
>not be AI-S except cost savings because the cameras that CAN use the G
>lenses don't look at the old mechanical
>AI/AI-S indexing. Thanks for the education!

They don't indeed. And note that quite a few recent lenses are
available both in the G format and in ones with the AI/AI-S indexing --
and there *is* a significant difference in the prices of otherwise
identical lenses.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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