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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 348175" data-attributes="member: 16749">One thing I have to say on the subject is that the 18-55mm “kit lens” that came with my D3200—probably similar to the one that came with your D5300—is almost completely useless for this application, due to the inability to precisely set the focus manually at infinity.&nbsp; I imagine that the same is probably true of many other autofocus lenses that provide only a very token, imprecise form of manual focusing.&nbsp; You definitely want a lens that you can reliably, precisely set to infinity.&nbsp; I'd be surprised if there are any manual-focus lenses that do not have this attribute, and probably any of the higher-end autofocus lenses probably do as well.&nbsp; The picture below was taken using an ancient (c. late 1960s to early 1970s) Nikkor 28mm ƒ3.5 lens mounted to my D3200.&nbsp; The bright star near the lower edge and left of center is one that you must never take lightly, nor make jokes about.&nbsp; It's Sirius![ATTACH]109132[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bob Blaylock, post: 348175, member: 16749"] One thing I have to say on the subject is that the 18-55mm “kit lens” that came with my D3200—probably similar to the one that came with your D5300—is almost completely useless for this application, due to the inability to precisely set the focus manually at infinity. I imagine that the same is probably true of many other autofocus lenses that provide only a very token, imprecise form of manual focusing. You definitely want a lens that you can reliably, precisely set to infinity. I'd be surprised if there are any manual-focus lenses that do not have this attribute, and probably any of the higher-end autofocus lenses probably do as well. The picture below was taken using an ancient (c. late 1960s to early 1970s) Nikkor 28mm ƒ3.5 lens mounted to my D3200. The bright star near the lower edge and left of center is one that you must never take lightly, nor make jokes about. It's Sirius! [ATTACH=CONFIG]109132._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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