Originally Posted by 05xrunner
Just cause they say Nikon doesnt mean they are going to work..Thats what I am trying to tell you. You gotta make sure even the Nikon lens that you might look at wanting to buy doesnt have the screw drive AF..Its not just 3rd parties that might not work. Some nikon lens will not work. Such as the Nikon 50mm 1.8. The faster you stop using those preset modes and get into the creative modes Tv, M, Ap..you will learn ALOT more
Spoken like a true CANON guy. Get off his back man, he has the right lenses.
What 05xrunner is trying to say in his own well meaning but inept way (screw drive, give me a break man) is the D40 only works with Nikon DX lenses, which the 18-55 and 55-200 lenses are! also the MODES you are trying to talk about are not creative modes, they are manual modes and different on nikon. CANON is tv, which is shutter speed, nikon it is simply S.
Also, you DO NOT need expensive 2.8 lenses to do this.
EXC....05xrunner.....in case your planning on getting on MY case, I am a professional photographer of nature and wildlife for 16 years, graduate of the New York Institute of Photography, manager of a camera store for 10 years, and Nikon school trained. Any more questions?????
DarthSimon....to the business at hand, to start out with, put your 18-55 on 55, put the control dial on the flower, which is macro. Now get up on the glass of your tank and push the shutter release half way down to activate the autofocus and see iff your focus point, (little box in the viewfinder) lights up and beeps, indicating you have your focus. If you are too close and can't get the camera to focus, back away a little at a time untill the camera does focus. This is if your want a tight shot on a small object (fish or single coral) If you want a wider shot, crank the zoom back to 18 and repeat the steps. P.S. remember if you are using flash to shoot at a slight angle to avoid flash reflection in the glass.
