Anyone annoyed that the Nikon D5100 camera will NOT autofocus with some Nikon lenses?

eddyshoots wrote:

This is a systematic devaluing of the Nikon F-mount initiated by Nikon to sell more AFS lenses. Canon did it years ago in one fell swoop and was hated for it by many of it's loyal customers. Nikon learned from this mistake and has decided to take their time with the forced retirement of legacy lenses.

There are a lot of apologists on this board who are quick to forgive their beloved Nikon for just about anything. You will hear and see many arguments about how Nikon is saving us all added size, weight and cost. These arguments can't really withstand any logical inquiry. There are another group of folks, mostly new buyers, that are quite happy with what they have (all AFS lenses on an entry level body) but fail to see the long term ramifications of a company pulling stunts like this.....Nikon has done this in the past, they are doing it now and you can be damn sure they will do it again in the future. The next time the board of directors at Nikon feels like they need a jump in sales they will change the mount, change iTTL or change VR. Just a little something to force you all to prematurely retire your useless old AFS lenses. Then we will see a whole new generation of apologists...."This new AFX mount lens is worth it, who needs that old crap!".

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eddyshoots