17-35mm on D40

[audibum]

17-35 will work, all trinity lens will work on the D40

tot the 17-35mm is not DX? 17-55mm is DX

 

[calebk]

that's the prob with the d40, only the new digital lens will work for autofocus.
you still can use the older lenses just that you have to manually focus.

im sure the shop who sold you shd've told you that only DX lenses work with the D40 and x

tot the 17-35mm is not DX? 17-55mm is DX

Dood you are seriously confused, and you are seriously going to confuse others. If the shop told you that, the shop must be quite wrong then...

D40/D40x autofocuses with AF-S or AF-I lenses. Whether the lens is a DX lens or not makes no difference.

Please get facts right, or you are going to cause unnecessary confusion.

 

[audibum]

oops, my bad

 

[calebk]

oops, my bad

No worries. Just remember that giving inaccurate facts often leads to a lot of unnecessary confusion and questions, so, yeah!

 

[huggable]

Just a little correction, not all the DX lenses are AF-S. The 10.5mm FE DX is a AF-D, IF lens. It required the screw drive to focus, so it can't AF on the D40/x.

Look for AF-S lens!

DX is the format (dimension of the sensor/image size) and has nothing to do with AF. (All the current Nikon's DX lenses are AF-S though. Note that not all 3rd party lens maker for DX format can focus with your D40.)

BC

 

[Scaglietti]

Just a little correction, not all the DX lenses are AF-S. The 10.5mm FE DX is a AF-D, IF lens. It required the screw drive to focus, so it can't AF on the D40/x.

Ahhh... missed that one out...

Thanks for the correction! :thumbsup:

BC

 

[cichlid]

My 50mm cannot work on my D40...so I need to be careful in buying lens now. Can the 17-35mm auto focus on D40?

May be you want to try the Sigma 30mm f1.4, it can AF with D40/x. The lens has great reviews too.

 

[surflim]

Actually if your D40 is still brand new, i advise you to see whether can you trade in for a D80 which is a much better DSLR, its like a baby version of D200 which accept all AF lenses.

 

[jeffbong]

Actually if your D40 is still brand new, i advise you to see whether can you trade in for a D80 which is a much better DSLR, its like a baby version of D200 which accept all AF lenses.

Surflim,
Ur sentence is so correct. I just did that today. Sold my D40 n got myself a D80. Very much different class.