Can you really tell a difference in the metering??


I don't have any non d af lenses and I have seen a few af non d lenses go quite a bit cheaper than there d counterparts, I might have a lead on a really cheap af lens should I skip it and get the d version after Christmas??

Only if you're using flash, and even then you may not be able to detect a significant benefit with some shots.

~Ted

turnert wrote:
Only if you're using flash, and even then you may not be able to detect a significant benefit with some shots.

~Ted


Thats what I have read, just wondering if I would be able to tell the difference...

I notice it when using unsophisticated flashes in iTTL mode... never anything else. Sometimes it shoots WAY too hot because it can't tell what zoom distance to fire for, so it shoots as if you were 100 feet away when you're really 5. Can be fixed fairly easily in any image editing program.

Taylor Barrett wrote:
I notice it when using unsophisticated flashes in iTTL mode... never anything else. Sometimes it shoots WAY too hot because it can't tell what zoom distance to fire for, so it shoots as if you were 100 feet away when you're really 5. Can be fixed fairly easily in any image editing program.

unsophisticated flashes <-------?-------> iTTL mode

Taylor, I'm not sure what you mean; iTTL compatible flashes are the most sophisticated. And how do you fix a way too hot flash exposure in post; do you mean not hot enough to clip?

Remember that D lens technology was introduced way before 3D matrix metering and iTTL, so if your camera and/or flashgun are using these metering modes, then the distance-to-subject information is less critical compared to using, say, center-weighted metering and a pre-iTTL flash set to TTL.

~Ted

The lens in question is the 35 f/2 af, and I am guessing I would use flash with it some since I plan on it being my semi wide semi fast alternative to the 50 which is imo to long on dx for indoor party's etc, It gives great portrait but It's hard to capture the scene with it.

If I can get this lens for 75.00 I think I will take the chance. other than that after Christmas i will hunt a d down, I have been seeing them for 250.00 or so in like new condition at various places. I passed one up locally for 200 and i have been kicking myself ever since...

I have a 70-210 non D auto focus and it works just fine on both the d200 & d300

In most cases, it's a non-issue. The non-D 35/2, though, has a bit of a reputation for sticky blades. It's likely limited to a small batch, but the reputation is there nonetheless. That's part of why it may be cheaper -- but if I came across a $75 35/2 that seemed to work fine, I'd grab it in an instant.