Nikon SLR Cameras

With a Nikon lens is there a G with only an AF? Or is the G only with AF-S?

Jeffrey
Jeffrey

For example I know that there's a (50mm 1.8g AF-S) but what about a (50mm 1.8g AF)?

Andrew
Andrew

G means, 'Gelded,' it means that the lens has no aperture ring.AF-S lenses never had aperture rings in the first place.

AWBoater
AWBoater

Generally "G" lenses are AF-S, but one exception I know of is the Nikon AF 10.5mm fisheye, which is a G lens and a DX lens without the AF-S feature.

Primarily though, "G" means that there's no aperture adjustment ring on the lens. Such lenses can only adjust the aperture via the camera, which is how 99.9999% of lenses, both G and non G are used these days.

This is probably why Nikon has dropped the aperture adjustment ring, as it was kept for backwards compatibility for 30 year old SLRs.

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