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<blockquote data-quote="napeequa55" data-source="post: 550249" data-attributes="member: 42017">I am new to DSLRs and photography in general.I am doing research for my first camera and lens purchases to pick up wildlife photography.&nbsp; I'm leaning towards a D5300, with the Nikon 70-300m AF-S VR lens. I see a lot of D5300 cameras on the market bundled with a similar lens that is AF only, and not AF-S.I don't fully understand the differences, but apparently that lens's autofocus function is not compatible with the D5300, and so will be manual-focus only.Can somebody she a little light on that for me?Also, other than the AF/AF-S differentiation, are those two lenses identical?&nbsp; Are they made of the same materials and do that have equal quality glass in them?&nbsp; The price difference appears to be several hundred dollars, so I'm curious if that's all just the difference between the auto-focus function, or if there are other factors at play.Lastly, is the AF/AF-S something I should really be concerned about as a beginner?Thanks for all the help!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="napeequa55, post: 550249, member: 42017"] I am new to DSLRs and photography in general. I am doing research for my first camera and lens purchases to pick up wildlife photography. I'm leaning towards a D5300, with the Nikon 70-300m AF-S VR lens. I see a lot of D5300 cameras on the market bundled with a similar lens that is AF only, and not AF-S. I don't fully understand the differences, but apparently that lens's autofocus function is not compatible with the D5300, and so will be manual-focus only. Can somebody she a little light on that for me? Also, other than the AF/AF-S differentiation, are those two lenses identical? Are they made of the same materials and do that have equal quality glass in them? The price difference appears to be several hundred dollars, so I'm curious if that's all just the difference between the auto-focus function, or if there are other factors at play. Lastly, is the AF/AF-S something I should really be concerned about as a beginner? Thanks for all the help! [/QUOTE]

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