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Message: <blockquote data-quote="theregsy" data-source="post: 17954" data-attributes="member: 4398">Mtrain, hello and welcome.The D40, D60, D3000 and D5000 cameras are built without an inbuilt focussing motor (helps make them smaller and lighter) but they all require a Nikon AF-S lens which means that the focus motor is built into the lens.  I don't know the D7000 well, so I don't know what AF system it requires, you non AF-S lenses will work fine with the cameras you listed but you will have to manually focus.  Hope that in some way explains the whole AF/AF-S thing <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Oh yeah AF-S lenses will work without any issues on other Nikon bodies, or othe F-Mount systems.</blockquote>