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<blockquote data-quote="gustafson" data-source="post: 541215" data-attributes="member: 40735"><p>[USER=13155]@skene[/USER], good point on the compatibility of non-AI lenses with the D3xxx series and D5xxx series. Word is you lose the meter coupling ability that the D7xxx and comparable FF bodies allow with AI and AI-s lenses, but I'm finding that the meter coupling is inconsistent at best and I'm having to shoot in manual on my D7100 anyway for proper exposure. </p><p></p><p>That said, the bodies with the AF-motor do allow for a cool hack that was brought to my attention by [USER=39212]@salukfan111[/USER]. You can use a modified TC-16a autofocus teleconverter to bestow partial autofocus capabilities on older manual lenses. For instance, This weekend I was able to get some nice shots of birds in flight using AF-C with the modified TC-16a paired with my 200 f/4 Q.C on my D7100. It wasn't 100% AF (you need to manual focus to make sure you're not way off from focus as the AF has a limited range), but I imagine a lot easier than 100% manual. While that AF hack technically works for wide angle, the magnification unfortunately defeats the purpose of the wide angle. If only there was an AF wideangle converter that worked the same way [emoji16]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gustafson, post: 541215, member: 40735"] [USER=13155]@skene[/USER], good point on the compatibility of non-AI lenses with the D3xxx series and D5xxx series. Word is you lose the meter coupling ability that the D7xxx and comparable FF bodies allow with AI and AI-s lenses, but I'm finding that the meter coupling is inconsistent at best and I'm having to shoot in manual on my D7100 anyway for proper exposure. That said, the bodies with the AF-motor do allow for a cool hack that was brought to my attention by [USER=39212]@salukfan111[/USER]. You can use a modified TC-16a autofocus teleconverter to bestow partial autofocus capabilities on older manual lenses. For instance, This weekend I was able to get some nice shots of birds in flight using AF-C with the modified TC-16a paired with my 200 f/4 Q.C on my D7100. It wasn't 100% AF (you need to manual focus to make sure you're not way off from focus as the AF has a limited range), but I imagine a lot easier than 100% manual. While that AF hack technically works for wide angle, the magnification unfortunately defeats the purpose of the wide angle. If only there was an AF wideangle converter that worked the same way [emoji16] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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