Except that the people that buy the D3000 want the twin lens kit, or the 18-200 only (or 11x zoom as many like to call it). They generally leave the camera in auto mode, and there\'s not too many buttons on the body to confuse them with.
Releasing the D3000 with a motor in the body was a good move for them, what they did wrong, was not upgrading all the lenses with AF-S to accommodate this move.
But it\'s not \"75%\" of lenses. Here is a list of Nikon lenses that won\'t work on a D3000.
Wide-Angle
* AF DX Fisheye-NIKKOR 10.5mm f/2.8G ED
* AF NIKKOR 14mm f/2.8D ED
* AF Fisheye-NIKKOR 16mm f/2.8D
* AF NIKKOR 20mm f/2.8D
* AF NIKKOR 24mm f/2.8D
* AF NIKKOR 28mm f/2.8D
* AF NIKKOR 35mm f/2D
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* AF NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8D
* AF NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4D IF
* AF NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8D
* AF DC-NIKKOR 105mm f/2D
* AF DC-NIKKOR 135mm f/2D
* AF NIKKOR 180mm f/2.8D IF-ED
* AF Zoom-NIKKOR 24-85mm f/2.8-4D IF
* AF Zoom-NIKKOR 80-200mm f/2.8D ED
* AF VR Zoom-NIKKOR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED
* AF Micro-NIKKOR 200mm f/4D IF-ED
From this above I could probably pick 2 lenses that would actually be limiting to a D3000 user. The 50mm f1.8 and the 85mm f1.8 are two that would be handy, the rest are probably not something they would buy or two expensive anyway.
And like I mentioned, any falling into the \"I really want to use more lens options has a good upgrade path to a D90.
Nevertheless, Nikon could pull their finger out and make the all AF-S (makes me want to slap a few people around at Nikon too).
Feb 12, 2010 at 09:58 PM
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