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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jacknet" data-source="post: 387011" data-attributes="member: 34142">I received my Nikon 80 - 200mm f2-8 ED lens today and it is real clean. The optics are immaculate. The only thing somewhat disappointing is that the AF doesn't work. I think that was mentioned here by someone that it would not work with most of the cheaper D cameras. I'm assuming it's because this lens was designed to work with cameras that have the drive motor built into the camera. I also noticed that the f stops are changed through the internal workings of the camera. Once you set it at f22 and lock it in I can change f stops with my camera not the lens. Are there any other peculiarities I should know about? The focus wasn't a big problem for me because I'm doing mostly night star photography and I have to manually focus anyhow. It would have been nice to have though in case I wanted to do some daytime action shooting. Oh well, live (spend) and learn.</blockquote>