Nikon SLR Cameras

How to use a Tokina 15-300mm lens?

Guest
Guest

I got a long Tokina 15-300mm macro lens for my Nikon d60. Can someone please give me a link to a video or website where I can learn how to focus/use it? Or if you can just tell me that would be great!

keerok
keerok

Attach to the camera. Make sure you hear the clicking sound as you lock the lens in place. If the lens has an aperture ring (the narrow ring closest to the camera body that locks in place each time you turn it), set it to the largest number. The widest ring is the zoom ring. You turn it left or right to change focal length. Around 15mm (wide angle) of viewis good for landscapes and large group shots. Around 35mm is good for most anything including people and pets. Around 50mm is good for headshots. From 80mm to around 150mm is good for capturing details of objects just beyond your reach while around 200mm to 300mm is good for making distant objects seem close to you.

The last ring at the tip of the lens is the focus ring. If this lens has an internal focus motor, set the AF switch on the lens to AF. If you want to focus manually, set it to MF and use the focus ring to focus. If this lens has no internal motor, you will need to focus manually all the time. The D60 has a focus-confirmation feature. A dot will momentarily appear on the status line in the viewfinder when focus is achieved.

fhotoace
fhotoace

The Tokina 15-300 mm is a lens designed to be used on motion picture and video cameras that use C-Mount interchangeable lenses.

Your Nikon D60 is a digital SLR that uses the standard Nikon F-Mount lenses.

You bought the wrong lens for your camera.

All you can do is return it and by one that can be used on your D60

EDWIN
EDWIN

If this is the lens you bought:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/...Mount.html then you bought the wrong lens. You MUST buy a lens with a Nikon "F" mount, not a "C" mount which is for a video camera.

Return it and order a lens with a Nikon "F" mount.

John P
John P

But as others say, that lens will not fit any DSLR (it is intended for video use on a true video camera), and thus must be exchanged for a lens which works on your Nikon D60.

Whenever you buy lenses you must specify which camera you are buying for.

You have a digital camera. Experiments cost nothing in digital. Go experiment when you have bought a lens which works on your D60.