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I am thinking about buying a Nikon D610 but do not have the funds to get any AF lenses

I have four AIs lenses ,24 f2.8, 50 f1.8 ,105 f2.5 and a Tamron 135 f2.5. Is there any reason that I can not use these lenses other than loosing af and auto programs.

Cheers David
 
No reason, but the body was designed for use with autofocus lenses
 
Hi Discovery1954, and welcome to TP :)

You don't need to spend a fortune on lenses. My favourite lens is a 24-80mm f/3.5-5.6 D - known as the plastic fantastic, I believe - that cost me the princely sum of £45 on this very forum.

There are loads of "D" lenses on eBay for under £100 - even primes if that's your preference :)
 
I use a variety of manual lenses with my D610, and it functions well like that. You will probably want to use the focus direction and confirmation indicators in the viewfinder, because it can be a little tricky to focus sometimes due to the plain screen.
 
I use a 55mm/2.8 AIS micro on my D600. If you want a cheap 'stopgap' lens with AF, the 50/1.8D is excellent, and I have a film era 28-80mm G zoom which is actually OK stopped down. I've seen worse performing digital kit lenses, put it that way! Cost me £35 including an F80 film body.
 
That 105/2.5 is an enviable lens, I would like to pick one up one day.
 
kendo1 said:
No reason, but the body was designed for use with autofocus lenses
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Well, it was actually designed to accept contemporary AF and most NIkon lenses back to 1959 (given a little loss of total camera body functionality)
 
chuckles said:
Well, it was actually designed to accept contemporary AF and most NIkon lenses back to 1959 (given a little loss of total camera body functionality)
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Well, yes, but not with a split screen. It can be done but not as easily as a pre autofocus camera
 
kendo1 said:
Well, yes, but not with a split screen. It can be done but not as easily as a pre autofocus camera
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TBH with the focus confirmation light it's probably easier & more accurate than a split prism focussing screen.
 
ancient_mariner said:
TBH with the focus confirmation light it's probably easier & more accurate than a split prism focussing screen.
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The trouble with that is you have to look in two places - for composition and focus.

... and yes, I do use it.
 
kendo1 said:
The trouble with that is you have to look in two places - for composition and focus.

... and yes, I do use it.
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I usually set focus, then recompose, but it does make working slower than it could be.
 
Thought I would share some images from last Sunday morning - when it was royally persisting down :(

I volunteered to turn up at a charity car rally and photograph the cars leaving the venue, tear off to the local Jessops and get the images printed and then tear back to the venue so that drivers would have their photos when they got back. Despite the rain it was great fun and there were some lovely cars and lovely people there - all in aid of St Peter's Hospice in Bristol.

DSC_2337.jpg by Steve Goodfellow, on Flickr

DSC_2343.jpg by Steve Goodfellow, on Flickr

DSC_2348.jpg by Steve Goodfellow, on Flickr

DSC_2355.jpg by Steve Goodfellow, on Flickr

DSC_2359.jpg by Steve Goodfellow, on Flickr

I was using my D600 with Nikon 28-80mm "plastic fantastic" lens which is why the shots are a bit wider than I would have liked. Thanks for looking :)

And yes, the car behind the chap with the flag is a genuine Ford GT40 - the other one is a real live Cobra.
 
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