Is Nikon D5200 and Nikon AF-S 58mm f/1,4 G compatible?
Below you will find your chosen camera and lens. Click on the product name for more information.
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Nikon D5200
Released: 2012 Type: Digital SLR Sensor: DX / APS-C (1.5x) 24 Megapixels 6000 x 4000 pixels |
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Nikon AF-S 58mm f/1,4 G
Released: 2013 Normal Lens (prime) Focal Length: 58 mm Aperture: f/1,4 |
Can you combine these two?
This is the short answer:
Yes! This combination is compatible
The camera and lens you have chosen can be used together. Here is a longer answer:
Nikon all the way
The possibility to combine these two products is great since both Nikon D5200 and Nikon AF-S 58mm f/1,4 G are manufactured by Nikon.
Versitale lens
Nikon AF-S 58mm f/1,4 G is constructed to work with all sorts of camera sensors including the one of Nikon D5200.
Autofocus in lens
To obtain autofocus there has to be an Autofocus motor in either the camera or the lens. This specific lens, Nikon AF-S 58mm f/1,4 G has a built-in autofocus (AF) motor and in this case this is critical since Nikon D5200 does not have a built-in autofocus (AF) motor. In this case, the autofocus (AF) motor in the lens is what makes it possible to use autofocus.
Read more about Autofocus motor
Focal Length
The Canon camera has a sensor of type DX, a smaller version compared to a Full frame sensor, which means that your experienced Focal length will be multiplied by 1.5x.
Actual Focal Length for this lens:
58 mm
Experienced Focal Length with this camera:
87 mm
Read more about Crop factor on Nikon cameras
Total weight
When you are looking at a combination of a camera and a lens you must always consider the total weight. Each product weighs in at:
Nikon D5200
555 gram
Nikon AF-S 58mm f/1,4 G
385 gram
Together they have a total weight of 940 gram (equal to 2,07 lb).
