Comments on: Nikon d90, are these lenses compatible?

By: CiaoChao

CiaoChao — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:14:59 +0000

If you want a 70-300, save up for this, because it’s one of the Nikon Gold series lenses, the image quality is going to be miles better than any thing else in it’s class and can be considered a premium lens.

As to the 50mm f1.8 you cannot go wrong if you buy that lens, it’s a lens everybody should have. You may also want to consider a 35mm f1.8 lens which is more expensive but a little wider.
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By: PS

PS — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:36:59 +0000

Those lens are compatible with Nikon D90 but if you can afford I would suggest get Nikon 70-300mm.
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By: gman

gman — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:25:59 +0000

Both those lenses will work just fine and will be great.
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By: AWriterWandering

AWriterWandering — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:48:59 +0000

Yes. In fact practically all modern Nikon lenses (and third party equivalent) should be fully compatible with the D90. You can also mount a great many older lenses, though will a possible loss of some functionality (eg. manual focus lenses, unless they are AI-p, will not support the camera’s light meter).

As for additional lens recommendations, I would point out the 35mm f/1.8G DX. This lens is great for general purpose low-light photography (where 50mm… with the D90’s 1.5x crop factor… might be a bit too long at times). And at only US$200 it’s practically a steal.
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By: fhotoace

fhotoace — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:33:59 +0000

The Nikkor lens is of course.

While the Tamron may be compatible, it is not compliant.

Here is why:

"Nikon often includes secret features in cameras and in lenses to make them compatible with the next five years or so of secretly planned technology.

For instance, the 1988 F4 is completely compatible with AF-I and AF-S lenses which didn’t appear until 1992 and 1998.

Nikon AI lenses in 1977 already had secret lugs on the back which couple lens information to cameras for Matrix metering, not introduced until the FA of 1983.

Zoom AF lenses, ever since they were introduced in 1986, have always had focal length encoders which insert data into today’s digital cameras’ EXIF data.

AF lenses of today … still have mechanical lugs for backwards compatibility with the matrix meter of the 1983 FA, and manual focus lenses still have prongs for coupling to the 1959 (Nikon) F. — KR

If I really wanted a 70-300 mm lens, I would save my pennies until I could budget for the Nikkor 70-300 mm VR

My rule is just buy a lens once and keep it for decades … very few generic lenses last 40 or 50 years.
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