Autofocus will work in a Nikon D5100? and I would like to know if there are a teleconverter, available for the D5100 and this lens
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Well, it certainly should if you purchase it in a Nikon mount. :) It is an older design - optically superb, but not the fastest focusing lens. It has a two zone focus limiter to prevent racking the lens thru the entire focus range. If you are a sports/action photog, this lens will likely not be a great choice - buy the later version with OS and HSM focus motor. If you're more of a "slow photog" - like me - this lens is simply superb in terms of total lines of resolution, edge to edge sharpness and bokeh. I have two 105mm lenses (actually three - my Sigma 70-200 f2.8 APO DG HSM OS does 105, of course) and I will not part with the 105mm f2.8 EX DG, even though I have newer options. Re; the Sigma teleconverter - my Sigma 1.4x APO Tele Converter (EX DG) will not fit on this lens due to the depth of the rear lens element in the mount. Good luck and happy shooting! -Don at strimbu.photography
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Cheryl - some time ago I bought a "slightly used" lens from an Amazon vendor. It would not autofocus in live mode on my Nikon D5100. For some time I thought this was a problem between the camera and lens, but I finally consulted Tamron and they said it would need expensive repair. Amazon was gracious let me return the lens. In manual focus it took wonderful shots - but I have no way of knowing if you are talking about this same particular lens.
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The reason I bought this lens was the lens I had did not have auto focusing and the D5100 doesn't either so I needed one with auto focusing built in. This lens worked really well with the D5100 and I'm happy with it.
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Hi, thanks question. This lens can work autofocus for D3300 and D3200. Thanks in advance.
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I am reasonably sure that the 1.7 teleconverter will work with your 300mm f2.8 on your D800. I use mine on all of my Nikon cameras (D750, D7000 and D300) with my fast lenses (70-200 f2.8 and 200-400 f4.0) and autofocus works just fine.
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The D5100 only autofocuses with the latest AF-S lens, and also older professional AF-I lens. Briefly, AF-S lens have a built-in motor to drive the focusing mechanisms on the lens, whereas AF lens rely on the motor in the camera body (like the D90 or the D7000). Most traditional screw-drive AF lenses will not autofocus on the D5100, but will autofocus on the D90/D7000. Lens that say "AF-S," will autofocus with the d5100, and most lenses sold today for the D5100 are AF-S. The D5100 has no internal autofocus motor, so it will not autofocus with original-style screw-drive AF lenses. This is why some lens will autofocus with the D5100, and some won't.
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I use this lens on a D7000 and get excellent results, especially with auto focusing when shooting birds in flight. However, regarding your inquiry about the D5100 be aware that the user's manual for the lens (Nikkor ED 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6D) states on p. 15, "Autofocus is not possible with Nikon' D5000, D3000, D60 and D40-Series cameras. When using the lens with these models, set camera focus mode to M." I believe that the D5100 has the same autofocus limitation as the D5000.
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Hello, yes it is. It works with all Nikon lenses. The only problem you will encounter is that it doubles the f stop so your lens will be a f/7.0-11.2 and I know that autofocus on the smaller cameras (like the D5200) only works below f/8 so you might have to manually focus the lens. Also you are reaching the limits of the physical resolution of this lens and you will find that at the top end 300mm (equals 450 on DX) times two is 900mm! the images get very soft. I am very happy with the price / value of this teleconverter and can only highly recommend it!
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It works well on my D5100 which is essentially the same. But with no metering and manual focus. Just put the mode to "M" and shoot a test shots until the exposure is right. Takes great pictures, if you remember that it will be a little soft when wide open. It makes a great portrait lens because of the way it isolates the background.
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This will work with all the newer Nikon cameras. Because the sensor on the D5100 is a DX sensor, the effective focal length would be 120-600mm compared to using it on a full frame sensor camera like the D600 or D800. So it really becomes a super telephoto lens on those cameras.
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I found that when you use the 2x teleconverter with any lens and using the Nikon d40 the camera will not auto focus. This makes it had to focus manually.
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The Nikon D5100 doesn't have a focus motor (screw type), so it requires AF-S lenses to focus. This lens doesn't have AF-S, but the following one does: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG APO Macro Motorized Telephoto Zoom Lens for Nikon SLR Cameras
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I believe that any newer nikon lenses that have the AF-S designation will work with the D5100. It is my understanding that the D5100 camera body cannot focus the lense itself so it relies on autofocusing lenses (AF-S) to get this done. You may want to investigate this further though.
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My understanding is that will work but not be able to autofocus. You would have to manually focus - double check with Nikon or try googling it
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D80 has the autofocus motor in the camera body, d5100 does not. This means lenses without a built in autofocus motor will work in manual focus mode only.
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Hi, thanks question. This lens can not work autofocus for Nikon D3200. Thanks in advance.
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no. this lens work in a nikon d600.este lente trabaja en autofocus solamente en camaras que tengan el auto focus integrado como la d600. las camaras como la d5100 no trabaja. de todas maneras es un lente super bueno. el focus es facil. sorry my ingles.