F lens / G Lens

intregra2509 · 13th March 2007

I had heard people saying F lens and G lens . what are they mean ? how to differentiate it in the lens ?

Is AF 70-300mm f/4~f/5.6 G a gd lens

tribal.snake · 13th March 2007

no F lens but F mount lenses, just describes the mount for nikkor lens produced post 1959

G lens are lens without the aperture ring, so you can only use these G lens on newer electronic cameras and not the older ones eg FM, FA, FE...

psychoatom · 13th March 2007

Originally Posted by intregra2509

I had heard people saying F lens and G lens . what are they mean ? how to differentiate it in the lens ?

Is AF 70-300mm f/4~f/5.6 G a gd lens

Have a read:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_F-mount

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intregra2509 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 161	F lens / G Lens I had heard people saying F lens and G lens . what are they mean ? how to differentiate it in the lens ? Is AF 70-300mm f/4~f/5.6 G a gd lens Last edited by intregra2509; 13th March 2007 at 10:30 PM.

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tribal.snake Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: west side! Posts: 685	Re: F lens / G Lens no F lens but F mount lenses, just describes the mount for nikkor lens produced post 1959 G lens are lens without the aperture ring, so you can only use these G lens on newer electronic cameras and not the older ones eg FM, FA, FE...