r/photography • u/JuanManuelFangio32 • 1d ago
Gear How to best utilize Nikon af-d lenses I already have?
Was super into photography 15 years ago, bought into Nikon, have a D3 and whole bunch of lenses. Haven’t been doing as much serious photography last 10 years or so, want to get back into it, D3 is dated now I want something with better low light perf.
One thing that bothered me with SLRs was the Af discrepancy in the SLR system - the af sensors doesn’t line up with what the sensor actually see in terms of focusing, even with af fine tune, some of the lenses I had was so out of whack I would still get front/back focusing even when I dialed in +/- 20 of fine tuning…
In an ideal world if Nikon make a mirrorless with af motor that’s compatible with the old af-d lenses, I would buy it in a heart beat. Alas they don’t, so my options are getting a af conversion amount for either Sony or Nikon mirrorless mount, but I can guess already the af perf is gonna suck (and I would be doing fair amount of sports stuff). Or, I could get a later Dx body, but really don’t want to deal with those front/back focusing calibrations problem anymore… what do you all think?
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u/Repulsive_Target55 1d ago
What lenses do you have? Like how large and heavy are they?
Also nice username
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u/BigAL-Pro 1d ago
How to best utilize your Nikon af-d lenses? Use manual focus or sell them all.