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<blockquote data-quote="ditonics" data-source="post: 465045" data-attributes="member: 39749">So I understand that the Nikon mount is as old as the hills and with that comes a few compromises but I don't understand all of them.....Modern lenses have the AF motor in them, I assume the older AF lenses only work on bodies that have the AF drive. I also assume that you can use these lenses on all bodies in manual focus??? I assume my 810 has the drive looking at the mount.Next bit regarding older lenses, why do they have a metal notch on the side of the body, I see nikon bodies have a metal tag that it will align with.What will a<a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nikon-Nikkor-50mm-F1-4-AI-s-Prime-Lens-/291493114964?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&amp;hash=item43de57f454" target="_blank"> prime like this (</a>which I assume is quite old) work like on a D810Sorry for the silly questions, still trying to get my head round the Nikon after decades with Canon</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ditonics, post: 465045, member: 39749"] So I understand that the Nikon mount is as old as the hills and with that comes a few compromises but I don't understand all of them..... Modern lenses have the AF motor in them, I assume the older AF lenses only work on bodies that have the AF drive. I also assume that you can use these lenses on all bodies in manual focus??? I assume my 810 has the drive looking at the mount. Next bit regarding older lenses, why do they have a metal notch on the side of the body, I see nikon bodies have a metal tag that it will align with. What will a[URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nikon-Nikkor-50mm-F1-4-AI-s-Prime-Lens-/291493114964?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item43de57f454"] prime like this ([/URL]which I assume is quite old) work like on a D810 Sorry for the silly questions, still trying to get my head round the Nikon after decades with Canon [/QUOTE]

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