50mm D or G

12 years 1 month ago #214877 by Wildgee
Can someone explain to me, what the G and D stands for on the 50mm lens? It's written up as 50mm f1/8 D


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12 years 1 month ago #214881 by tennis man
D lenses have a distance readout built into them for communicating with the camera. The D lenses will work with any camera, film or digital.

Not all autofocus lenses are D type. The ones without the D work just as good as D lenses.

G lenses are gelded, they will work with some film cameras, the ones that have the command dials, and all digital cameras.


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12 years 1 month ago #214891 by Wildgee
Thanks. I was looking at the D lens to buy, but I saw the G lens also and I couldn't tell them apart..except one is D and one is G.


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12 years 1 month ago #214910 by McBeth Photography
The AF Nikkor 50mm 1.8D will not autofocus on your D60. If you want to have autofocus, any lens that you buy will have to be G lenses. I use D lenses on my D60, but I can only manual focus with those lenses.

The D60 really is a nice body, But I am looking into getting a different body that will work with my lenses.

Hope this helps. :)

It is what it is.
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12 years 1 month ago #214913 by john_m
^this.
If you want to auto focus get the af-s lens. The great thing about D lenses are their prices in comparison to the G.

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