D60 or D80

On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 20:11:17 -0800 (PST), wrote:

Just can't decide between the 2 for general purpose photography. I
would like to shoot some outside low speed sports and am looking for
the most up to date technology. Can't really read any reviews that
make my mind up. Also would possible consider the D90, but I think
that's too much camera. Any thoughts. thanks group. moving up from a
Canon S3

The D80 can use alot of lenses the D60 can't. The D40, 40x and 60 have no internal focusing motor
thus requiring the newest DX lenses with internal motors or you have to manually focus. Alot of
aftermarket lenses also don't have internal motors though they're being added to the most popular
lenses it seems.

There are other reasons to choose a D80 but to me this is the most important. There's alot of great
lenses out there that won't auto focus on the D40-D60s... YMMV !!!!!!

Brian wrote:

On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 20:11:17 -0800 (PST), wrote:

Just can't decide between the 2 for general purpose photography. I would
like to shoot some outside low speed sports and am looking for the most
up to date technology. Can't really read any reviews that make my mind
up. Also would possible consider the D90, but I think that's too much
camera. Any thoughts. thanks group. moving up from a Canon S3

The D80 can use alot of lenses the D60 can't. The D40, 40x and 60 have no
internal focusing motor thus requiring the newest DX lenses with internal
motors or you have to manually focus.

I never noticed that -- focus motors are only being put in DX lenses?


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In article . net,
Blinky the Shark wrote:

I never noticed that -- focus motors are only being put in DX lenses?

any nikon lens that's an 'af-s' lens has an internal focus motor. it
might *also* be a dx lens or it might be a standard full frame lens.

Blinky the Shark wrote:

focus motors are only being put in DX lenses?

No, focus motors don't have anything to do with the image circle of a
lens (DX designation).

It's AF-S lenses which contain a build-in ultra-sonic (or Silent Wave as
Nikon calls it) focussing motor.

jue

nospam wrote:

In article . net, Blinky
the Shark wrote:

I never noticed that -- focus motors are only being put in DX lenses?

any nikon lens that's an 'af-s' lens has an internal focus motor.

I know.

it might *also* be a dx lens or it might be a standard full frame lens.

Thanks. I didn't *think* they were limited to DX lenses, as was implied
in the post to which I responded (which has been snipped).


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Jürgen Exner wrote:

Blinky the Shark wrote:

focus motors are only being put in DX lenses?

No, focus motors don't have anything to do with the image circle of a lens
(DX designation).

I know they don't, inherently. The post to which I was responding (which
you snipped so that context is lost) implied that Nikon only puts focus
motors in DX lenses, and I was questioning *that* comment.

It's AF-S lenses which contain a build-in ultra-sonic (or Silent Wave as
Nikon calls it) focussing motor.

I know.


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