I've owned AF Nikons for only a couple of years now. First was an F4, then an N80. For lenses, well, I wound up with a 70-300 ED AF-D as part of an F3 kit I bought, so when I got the F4, the 70-300 found a home. Then I picked up a 28-105 AF-D to round out the zoom range. Most recently I bought an N80 with 50/1.8 AF-D. So I have a nice little assortment of AF-D lenses now. I am very happy with their performance, but I suppose just as important is the way they handle. One thing I really like about my D lenses is they all have a reasonably wide focusing collar that is well damped, with a long enough focusing throw such that they feel very natural to use for manual focus work. So this means that I can comfortably use them on my AI-mount Nikons. I dislike G lenses -- even though both of my cameras allegedly support them -- because I want that aperture ring. Without it, I can't use a G lens on my earlier manual focus Nikons and I don't like having such a restriction. Also, it appears at least that even more plastic is being used in G lenses than D, so that's another reason why I prefer AF-D lenses. Optically, I have no complaints. My D's deliver great images.
Huss, thanks for that link. When my N80 arrived, it was sticky and I found that neither alcohol nor acetone would cut it. So rather than trying to get rid of the sticky substance, I decided to see if I could render it inert. My solution was a light dusting of flour. Yep, the bread kind. I worked it into the grips and its color disappeared. And so did the stickiness. But I'm always open to other methods. I have an old Metz 60 CT-1 and its cables have become very sticky, even sort of slimy. So maybe this Meguiars might work better on something like that.
