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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 494203" data-attributes="member: 16749">Perhaps you have the newer <a href="http://www.nikonusa.com/en/nikon-products/product/camera-lenses/af-s-dx-nikkor-18-55mm-f%252f3.5-5.6g-vr-ii.html" target="_blank">VR-II collapsible version</a>, that was introduced later with the D3300.&nbsp; I took it for granted that since you had the D5200, that you probably had <a href="http://www.nikonusa.com/en/nikon-products/product/camera-lenses/af-s-dx-nikkor-18-55mm-f%252f3.5-5.6g-vr.html" target="_blank">the same lens I have</a>, which is the one that would be contemporary with the D5200 and the D3200; but it's not at all improbable, I suppose, that later instances of the D5200 were sold with the newer lens.&nbsp; In the case of both these lenses, I think it's clear that it was not really intended for the advanced photographer who is likely to care about a marked/calibrated scale for manual focusing; but for the novice that will nearly always be content to let the focusing be done automatically.&nbsp; The design of the lens doesn't really leave anywhere to put such markings, and altering the design to allow for such markings was very obviously not a priority with this lens.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bob Blaylock, post: 494203, member: 16749"] Perhaps you have the newer [url=http://www.nikonusa.com/en/nikon-products/product/camera-lenses/af-s-dx-nikkor-18-55mm-f%252f3.5-5.6g-vr-ii.html]VR-II collapsible version[/url], that was introduced later with the D3300. I took it for granted that since you had the D5200, that you probably had [URL="http://www.nikonusa.com/en/nikon-products/product/camera-lenses/af-s-dx-nikkor-18-55mm-f%252f3.5-5.6g-vr.html"]the same lens I have[/URL], which is the one that would be contemporary with the D5200 and the D3200; but it's not at all improbable, I suppose, that later instances of the D5200 were sold with the newer lens. In the case of both these lenses, I think it's clear that it was not really intended for the advanced photographer who is likely to care about a marked/calibrated scale for manual focusing; but for the novice that will nearly always be content to let the focusing be done automatically. The design of the lens doesn't really leave anywhere to put such markings, and altering the design to allow for such markings was very obviously not a priority with this lens. [/QUOTE]

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