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<blockquote data-quote="6iron" data-source="post: 423594" data-attributes="member: 37853">I purchased this lens for my d5300. I know that it will not autofocus in my camera. I am fine with this - it will have a steeper learning curve, but in the long run I think that learning to use it manually will be to my benefit. To my detriment, in these early days I am somewhat struggling with it. I can set the camera to auto mode and focus the lens and take a picture, but that is hardly scratching the surface and I wonder what resources might be available to help me specifically get the most out of this combo, and understand what settings will work best and why. Will I not be able to set the aperture on this lens with my camera? If I have the aperture set to anything higher than the lowest stop, the camera wont take a photograph and the screen just tells me to set the lens to the lowest stop. I like the lens, and reading up on it before I bought it all I saw were generally positive remarks, so I just want to make sure I am getting the most out of it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="6iron, post: 423594, member: 37853"] I purchased this lens for my d5300. I know that it will not autofocus in my camera. I am fine with this - it will have a steeper learning curve, but in the long run I think that learning to use it manually will be to my benefit. To my detriment, in these early days I am somewhat struggling with it. I can set the camera to auto mode and focus the lens and take a picture, but that is hardly scratching the surface and I wonder what resources might be available to help me specifically get the most out of this combo, and understand what settings will work best and why. Will I not be able to set the aperture on this lens with my camera? If I have the aperture set to anything higher than the lowest stop, the camera wont take a photograph and the screen just tells me to set the lens to the lowest stop. I like the lens, and reading up on it before I bought it all I saw were generally positive remarks, so I just want to make sure I am getting the most out of it. [/QUOTE]

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