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Author Topic: Digital photography Galen Murphy-Fahlgren Master Film Handler Posts: 405 From: Canton, MI, USA Registered: Oct 2007 posted 05-19-2008 03:57 PM                     Scott, the Fuji SLRs do indeed use Nikon lenses, but the controls on the older S2 and S3 models are relatively complicated, and they are quite slow in focus speed, frame rate, etc. I love my S2, but it is not a camera for the uninitiated. Regarding the bottom end Nikons, the D40(x) and I believe the new D60, they do indeed lack an internal autofocus motor, but for that market, that is a largely superfluous mechanism. The sub-$800 range SLRs are purely consumer, and that demographic uses the cheap, variable aperture zooms almost exclusively. I believe all of Nikon's current such lenses have the built in autofocus motor, which is faster, quieter, and more energy efficient. Most of the high end pro zooms also have this feature, it is just the old designs (unfortunately including most fixed focal lengths) that lack it. This in-lens autofocus motor is denoted by the AF-S designation.  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 06-01-2008 07:51 AM                     I decided upon the Nikon D60. Would've gotten the D80, but I just didn't have the extra money right now. The package I bought came with the 18-55mm AF VR and 55-200mm AF VR lenses. I also ordered a 50mm f/1.8 for those low-light situations. I'll be using that lens at a show next Saturday, so I can't wait to see how well it works.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-01-2008 10:03 AM                     Ken, Good choice! I think you'll like it alot. A friend of mine has the D-60 and loves it. They did have a super deal going on them so you got a great deal there! Mark  |  IP: Logged Martin Brooks Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 900 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 06-01-2008 07:22 PM                        Congrats on the purchase, Ken -- I think you'll have a lot of fun with it. Depending upon how much light there is on the stage, you might find it a bit hard to get great results. I do a fair amount of concert photography, but I do it for the groups, so I'm able to shoot with flash. In practice, I always shoot about a third of the show without flash as well, but half the time it's near impossible, even at ISO1600. The higher-end Nikon D300 and the D3 get very impressive (low-noise) results at ISO6400, giving one another two stops. That's the difference between shooting at 1/30th of a second (barely possible) and shooting at 1/7 of a second (not possible hand-held). I think you'll find most of the time that you'll be shooting at 200mm, which is the equivalent of 300mm on the D60, due to the DX sensor size.  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 06-06-2008 06:21 AM                     Actually, I purchased a 50mm f/1.8 lens to use in my low light situations. Great results at ISO 800 and 1600. I shot a show Wedensday night and didn't use the flash at all. There are, unfortuneatly, two downsides. It is a fixed focal length, so I can't zoom at all. And the lens does not have an internal auto focus servo; it relies on the focus servo on the camera, which the D60 does not have! So I'm stuck with manual focus with this lens. We'll see how that goes. I may just end up taking the D60 back and getting a D80.  |  IP: Logged Martin Brooks Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 900 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 06-11-2008 10:28 PM                        That's right - the D40 and the D60 have to use AF-S lenses, they cannot use AF lenses because it doesn't have the servo and screw so the lenses have to have a built-in motor. It's been rumored for a while that Nikon is going to start replacing all of the AF primes with AF-S versions, but it hasn't happened as yet.  |  IP: Logged

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