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<blockquote data-quote="aroy" data-source="post: 613000" data-attributes="member: 16090"><p>Be vary of very old lenses. Most of the time they have been heavily used so that the mechanical parts are loose, or the other extreme where they have been stored or years, resulting in jammed iris and or some fungus. The best bet is to buy from a shop where you can inspect and try the lense out.</p><p></p><p>The problem with non-CPU lenses on D3xxx and D5xxx series is that the exposure meter will not work, so everything is manual - focus, aperture and speed. That is normally not a problem if you have a lot of time to experiment or are good on setting the exposure (as in the good old days). I prefer to use the body's meter, so till I get a body that meters with AIS lenses, they are off my horizon.</p><p></p><p>If you want metering, then you can get a second hand D7100 which will solve most of your metering problems at a reasonable cost.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aroy, post: 613000, member: 16090"] Be vary of very old lenses. Most of the time they have been heavily used so that the mechanical parts are loose, or the other extreme where they have been stored or years, resulting in jammed iris and or some fungus. The best bet is to buy from a shop where you can inspect and try the lense out. The problem with non-CPU lenses on D3xxx and D5xxx series is that the exposure meter will not work, so everything is manual - focus, aperture and speed. That is normally not a problem if you have a lot of time to experiment or are good on setting the exposure (as in the good old days). I prefer to use the body's meter, so till I get a body that meters with AIS lenses, they are off my horizon. If you want metering, then you can get a second hand D7100 which will solve most of your metering problems at a reasonable cost. [/QUOTE]
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