NIKON LENS CAPABILITY

[AMOSASLEF]

Hello All,
I'm somewhat not technically proficient with my Camera gear and was hoping one of the fellow board members could assist.

My Trust Nikon D80 Gave up the Ghost and i purchased a Nikon D5600 with a 18-55MM lens.....Im pleased with my purchase and it goes with me everywhere.

My problem is the 70-300 Lens does not auto focus so i am looking to obtain a used one that does.

Have i missed something or is the original lens not compatible.

Here are the photos of my original lens and the one i am looking at buying - First 2 pics current lens last 2 intended purchase

Any help gratefully received. Cheers Alan

thumbnail (1) by Alan Moss, on Flickr

thumbnail by Alan Moss, on Flickr

thumbnail (3) by Alan Moss, on Flickr

thumbnail (2) by Alan Moss, on Flickr

[Focal_Plane]

Hello All,
I'm somewhat not technically proficient with my Camera gear and was hoping one of the fellow board members could assist.

My Trust Nikon D80 Gave up the Ghost and i purchased a Nikon D5600 with a 18-55MM lens.....Im pleased with my purchase and it goes with me everywhere.

My problem is the 70-300 Lens does not auto focus so i am looking to obtain a used one that does.

Have i missed something or is the original lens not compatible.

Here are the photos of my original lens and the one i am looking at buying - First 2 pics current lens last 2 intended purchase

Any help gratefully received. Cheers Alan

thumbnail (1) by Alan Moss, on Flickr

thumbnail by Alan Moss, on Flickr

thumbnail (3) by Alan Moss, on Flickr

thumbnail (2) by Alan Moss, on Flickr

Alan,

From what you`ve written I assume that you G-series 70-300mm lens worked fine on the D80 before the body went kaput but it`s not working (auto focusing) with your D5600 body.

It would be a surprise if it wasn`t compatible with the D5600 as even very old Nikkor lenses tended to be backward compatible to some degree. I don`t want to teach you to suck eggs, but have you tried gently cleaning the contacts on the lens and have you inspected them to make sure there is no damage? It sounds like it might be a question of poor contact between the lens and body. This would certainly seem to be the case if the lens previously worked on the D80 body.

If you just Google about how to clean the contacts there`s lots of info` on-line. If it wasn`t working on the D80 then I understand why you`re looking for a second-hand one but if it was, it may just be a connection issue. It`s a shame you haven`t got another body to try it on or could take it to a camera shop to try it on another body.

HTH

PS: Also have a look in your manual and again, perhaps on-line, to check if there`s a list of non-compatible Nikkor lenses for the D5600. Nikon tend to list such lenses in their manuals but I would have thought the 70-300mm G should be OK.

[daggerfan]

Your D5600 doesn't have a focusing motor built into the body, whereas your D80 did. To get a lens to autofocus with a D5600, the lens itself must have a focusing motor built in. Neither the 70-300 you already have, nor the one you are interested in, have focusing motors built in, so neither will autofocus with your D5600. You need to look at Nikon AF-S lenses, or maybe the newer AF-P 70-300 lenses.

[Yunglee]

Hi, as daggerfan says the D5600 doesn't have a built in AF motor so can't autofocus that older D model lens. I'd recommend the AF-P 70-300's either the DX or FX model but avoid the one without VR. These reviews might help with the difference.
https://photographylife.com/reviews/nik ... dx-vr-af-p
https://photographylife.com/reviews/nik ... mm-vr-af-p

I use the full frame version and love it, but folks seem to love both. The review above of the DX version (Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3G DX VR AF-P) has the D5600 as fully compatible. Lastly, consider buying used, the DX was sold in kits with the D5600 and other cameras and there's loads on the used market, such as these >>> https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/product/nikon ... 6-3g-ed-vr

Hope that helps, Lee.

[Yunglee]

Here's a compatibility chart for Nikon and you'll see that the AF-D lenses are only compatible with the D5600 in manual focus >>> https://www.nikonusa.com/images/learn-e ... -chart.pdf

Lee.

[slogen51]

Hi, as daggerfan says the D5600 doesn't have a built in AF motor so can't autofocus that older D model lens. I'd recommend the AF-P 70-300's either the DX or FX model but avoid the one without VR. These reviews might help with the difference.
https://photographylife.com/reviews/nik ... dx-vr-af-p
https://photographylife.com/reviews/nik ... mm-vr-af-p

I use the full frame version and love it, but folks seem to love both. The review above of the DX version (Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3G DX VR AF-P) has the D5600 as fully compatible. Lastly, consider buying used, the DX was sold in kits with the D5600 and other cameras and there's loads on the used market, such as these >>> https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/product/nikon ... 6-3g-ed-vr

Hope that helps, Lee.

I have a 70-300 AF-P FX and I can't recommend it - its good in good lighting and has the benefit of being light to carry around but it's not very fast and struggles on cloudy days - ok for the beach or a walk in the countryside

Another reason is my AF-P stopped auto focusing after 18 months and cost me £250 to repair by Nikon.

Just had a phone call from Nikon to say that my second hand 70-200 F/2.8 which I tripped over with and fell on will cost £450 to repair so I said no as a replacement 'new' 2nd hand is 'only' £700

[daggerfan]

Hi, as daggerfan says the D5600 doesn't have a built in AF motor so can't autofocus that older D model lens. I'd recommend the AF-P 70-300's either the DX or FX model but avoid the one without VR. These reviews might help with the difference.
https://photographylife.com/reviews/nik ... dx-vr-af-p
https://photographylife.com/reviews/nik ... mm-vr-af-p

I use the full frame version and love it, but folks seem to love both. The review above of the DX version (Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3G DX VR AF-P) has the D5600 as fully compatible. Lastly, consider buying used, the DX was sold in kits with the D5600 and other cameras and there's loads on the used market, such as these >>> https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/product/nikon ... 6-3g-ed-vr

Hope that helps, Lee.

Just had a phone call from Nikon to say that my second hand 70-200 F/2.8 which I tripped over with and fell on will cost £450 to repair so I said no as a replacement 'new' 2nd hand is 'only' £700

I obviously don't know the extent of the damage to your 70-200 lens, but in today's throwaway society is a £450 repair not better than shelling out £700 for a similar replacement?

I had a similar dilemma a few months ago with my 70-200 f/2.8 VR mk1 lens, which had extensive fungus on some of the elements. The repair quote was £250, while a secondhand replacement could be bought for just under £500. If I had gone for the replacement I would have had a fully functioning, internally clean lens, but in the other lens I would also have had either an expensive ornament or something just fit for the bin, which seemed a waste. I went for the repair.

[slogen51]

I did think about that but I have already shelled out £250 to repair the AFP lens and also I thought £450 was expensive as Wex have a condition 9 lens for £700 and I felt disinclined to give Nikon more of my money as I wasn't happy that my <3 year old lens stopped working.

Wex said Nikon base the repair price on the cost of a new lens therefore my 70-300 FX AFP lens was £450 brand new now retails for £650 so Nikon said the repair worked out to £250!

Actually I should say in good lighting ( and basically I take photos when it is sunny) the 70-300 is very sharp. Focusing isn't as fast as with my more expensive second hand F2.8 but overall it is a decent light weight lens - ideal for side on landing shots at Lakenheath for example .

I probably will get another 70-200 f2.8 second hand and keep the existing f2.8 as a back up as it is ok in the sweet spot - centre frame.

To be honest I have slightly lost my mojo with photography and tend to use the camera as a digipole . I haven't even looked at my air defender or riat shots - I know what they will look like because 1000s of others were there and my shots will look the same as the majority so in a sense I have already seen them!

[Neil-Mercia]

Well said regards looking at photos I too have 1000s on the computer slides and albums
In the loft,bridge camera,I bought to use as a telescope .

[Black Mike]

I have the full frame Nikon 70-300mm f4.5-5.6E ED VR AF-P and it works extremely well on both the D500 and Z6ii. Easy to use, quick focus, decent VR and sharp images. The previous AF-S version is quite good too.

[slogen51]

That is the lens I have.