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

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Mako2011
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In reply to jonikon, 4 months ago

jonikon wrote:


IMO, Nikon needs to either improve the features and controls in their 5000 series some, or introduce another tier (6000 series), between it, and the 7000 series which should have at the very least:

Why? The 5000/3000 series out sell all other Nikon DSLR's by a very wide margin. Why should they add features and force folks to pay for things the vast majority in that group will never use. Added costs are passed on to the user not absorbed by the company. If you poll all potential buyers of that level of camera....they almost always choose less weight and cost over an in-body focus motor. The percentage of users that actually use the features, you suggest need be mandatory, is very very small. Why should people be made to pay for things they do not want and will not use so a very small group doesn't have to move up to the D90/D7K level. Adding a 5th DX product line to Nikon seems a tremendous waste of limited resources for little potential gain...if anything, it might actually lower the company's bottom line which would hurt all Nikon consumers.

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