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Do you know of any manufacturers that still make (or have) interesting lenses for F-mount?


No. But Nikon made so many good Ai-S lenses that you can find lots of them on eBay and other secondary markets.

Note that for old lenses, price and lens quality don't correlate well. There are lots of fantastic old lenses that are cheap because they were produced in large numbers, and there are also a lot of optically shitty lenses that are expensive because they were rare or produced in smaller numbers and have collector value.


I have been following the advice of others more knowledgeable than me when buying AI-S lenses off of eBay, and I have to say that even on the D850, all of them have performed surprisingly well.

However, I'd really like more "arty" lenses with AF. MF causes me to lose a lot of shots I wish I'd nailed.


There are some products that turn MF lenses into AF, primarily targeted for video shooters. I haven't tried them though.

https://www.pdmovie.com/products/liveair3smart




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