Trouble Auto Focusing with my new Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor Lens

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Inez81

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I tried setting this up with the auto focus setting. I hit the "i" button twice and cannot activate the AF-A option on my screen. It appears to be stuck on MF.

I am using a Nikon D5200. I'm I doing something wrong?
 
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Inez81

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This lens doesn't have that switch. When I ordered this I assumed that this had auto focus capability since the name has AF in it. I'm a newbie at this. Still a great lens, I'm excited to use it.
 
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J-see

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Inez81 said:
This lens doesn't have that switch. When I ordered this I assumed that this had auto focus capability since the name has AF in it. I'm a newbie at this. Still a great lens, I'm excited to use it.
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It's an AF lens I see. I'd have to check if the 5200 has an inbuilt focus motor and if that lens requires it.
 
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Felisek

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Both lens and your camera lack autofocus motor. This lens will not autofocus on D5200. You can only focus it manually.

Edit: Here is more explanation. There are two lines of Nikon autofocus lenses, AF and AF-S.

AF lenses don't have the autofocus motor and use mechanical coupling between the lens and the camera body. They require a camera with a built-in motor to drive the autofocus mechanism. Not all Nikon bodies have the motor inside them. Your D5200 doesn't. You would need a D7x00 camera to autofocus this lens.

AF-S lenses have the autofocus motor built inside them and they can autofocus on D5200.
 
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J-see

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Maybe someone can verify it but when I check the manual, it says the D5200 does not auto-focus AF G or D lenses. Those are manual focus only.

It's not because there's AF on the lens, it does AF on all cams. Some require a cam with a motor to focus them. Someone here with a D5200 could tell you with certainty.
 
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Inez81

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[h=3]"Nikon D5200 vs D7100: 3. Autofocus – AF vs AF-S[/h]The D5200’s smaller body does not contain an autofocus motor. That’s fine if you intend using Nikon’s later AF-S lenses, which have their own autofocus motors, but not if you have older AF lenses, where the focus mechanism is driven by the camera body." - Digitalcameraworld.com
 
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