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D40 or upgrade? Anonymous
Dear /p/,
I currently have a D40 but am not sure whether or not I should upgrade.
I really want the 50mm lens and it is awesome, but should I manually focus it, or upgrade to a.. d50, d60, d70.. etc (suggetsions, please?).
In return, a picture of my cat with its tongue sticking out.
Taken with the D40, but not intended to be good (hence why it is not).
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>> Anonymous
If you really want to autofocus with the 50mm then you should go for the Nikon D80 imo.
Still, you don't really need autofocus with a 50mm anyway, plus you can learn a lot when manually focusing.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
Nikon just announced a 50/1.4 at PMA that'll AF on the D40.

That sentence would be completely inscrutable to people who aren't camera nerds.
>> Anonymous
>>273729
Is it bad that I am OP and understood it?
But that sounds good. I'll keep my light-as-a-feather D40 for now, and learn to become better at manual focus. Yes?
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>273730
Good plan. And I have to assume that Nikon will be coming out with AF-S versions of its other fast primes eventually. If for no other reason, it'll let them start dropping AF motors from their higher-end cameras so everyone will have to buy all new lenses again.
>> Martin !!ve2Q1ETWmJH
>>273732
This is all good, as it'll broaden the potential market for them, but.. WHY CANT WE HAVE A 50/0.95 :(
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>273734
Nikon concentrates more on lenses that people actually want to use to take pictures rather than on lenses that make your penis larger.
>> Anonymous
>>273743
That's why they have like seven equally slow 18-*** lenses in their lineup, hurr
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>273744
That is a valid point.
>> Martin !!ve2Q1ETWmJH
>>273743
unlike Canon, yes? ;-)
>> Anonymous !SDPEsPMnww
>>273570

What the fuck are you talking about? It doesn't work like that at all.