Nikon D40 with 70-300G

[barry]

A friend on mine has a D40 body and is looking at using a 70-300G zoom with it. As I'm not familiar with this body and motor setup will this combination work with full autofocus features.

If not what options does she have on a schoolgirls budget.

Her aim is to do a bit of general sports shooting such as park soccer.

[Glen]

Barry I don't think that will AF unless it is the new AFS 70-300G. As you said student I assume not.

[Steffen]

As Glen said, unless the 70-300 is the AFS version it's probably not worth bothering. There are no other 300mm lenses that will autofocus with the D40, except of course an assortment of 300mm f/2.8 primes. Your friend better avoids those because they look funny on a D40

A good choice would be either of the two 55-200mm AFS lenses (one with and the other without VR).

Cheers
Steffen.

[aim54x]

The 70-300G will not AF, but the AF-S 70-300mm VR will (very expensive). The 55-200mm VR would be my recommendation, you can probably pick one up cheaply as well.

[barry]

Thanks for your comments guys.

You are right aim54x. The two lenses you mention appear to be the only AF lenses suitable for the D40. Question now is whether 55-200 will give her the reach for her park footy shots. Its appear to be more affordable for her tho.

[aim54x]

Thanks for your comments guys.

You are right aim54x. The two lenses you mention appear to be the only AF lenses suitable for the D40. Question now is whether 55-200 will give her the reach for her park footy shots. Its appear to be more affordable for her tho.

There are other options, but usually more expensive. I heard the Tamron 28-300mm VC, 18-250mm has just shipped in Nikon mount with the AF-S equivalent but am not certain if they are within the budget, nor available right at this moment.