OT (On Topic ;-) - D40 officially introduced

[P. J. Alling]

So Nikon has released a budget body and has no budget lenses that are 
fully compatible.  Interesting marketing move.

Adam Maas wrote:
> That's a major issue. While all but one DX lens is AF-S (The 10.5mm fisheye isn't), the only low-budget lenses that are AF-S are the 18-55's and the 55-200. Because the lowest-end of the film Nikons have never supported AF-S, all the other low-budget lenses are screwdriver AF, even 3rd party lenses.
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> If you want an AF-S telezoom, your cheapest options after the 55-200 are the Sigma 70-200 f2.8 HSM or the Nikon 70-300 VR, neither of which are below $600USD and the latter is widely available.
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>> I am not a Nikonian, but how many lenses are there with AF motor in
>> the lens compared to grand total number of Nikon lenses that could be
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>> This is not a trolling question, merely my curiosity.
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>> On 11/16/06, Dario Bonazza <d.bonazza at tin.it> wrote:
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>>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0611/06111603nikond40handsonpreview.asp
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>>> Dario
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