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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 416975" data-attributes="member: 16749">Nearly any F-mount lens should fit your D3300, and work just fine, albeit with some obvious and expected limitations.  Even non-AI lenses, which Nikon claims cannot be used with this camera, actually can (at least that's the case with my D3200, and I have no reason to expect that it's any different with the D3300).  See the signature block at the bottom of this posting.  You do need to set your camera to “M” mode.  The only lenses that work in anything other than “M” mode are CPU lenses—those that have built-in electronics which communicate with the camera.  The camera looks for this communication with the lens, and in any mode other than “M”, if it doesn't see it, it will claim that there is no lens, and will not work.</blockquote>