Nikon Lense compatibility

My D40X pooped out and I want to buy a D5100 (body Only). Will my lenses and speedlight work with the 5100? I have a Nikon ED AF-S Nikkor 70-300 1:4.5-5.6G and a Nikon DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55 1:3.5-5.6 G II ED lense. Also: Nikon SB800 speedlight.
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When I did a search on D5100 models on BBuy site, there is more than one product and there are 247 reviews on one model. Is this the review you are referring to?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Nikon+-+D5100+16.2-Megapixel+DSLR+Camera+-+Black/2553883.p?skuId=2553883...
My thoughts....
It is one review out of many. I did not see any other reviews with focussing problems he is describing.
He mentions trying to focus 1 foot from the lens.... most lenses need 2 or 3 feet to auto focus properly. That lens needs 11", so he's just barely giving the lens enough clearance to focus. He mentions everything is "one plane". At 1 foot? That does not count.
did he have enough light? Lens needs enough light to auto focus. You mentioned having a SB800. Use the autofocus light to help with the auto-focus.
did he have enough contrast? If everything is one colour it can be hard to autofocus
there are only 11 focus points on this older, entry model. You might want newer higher end models with more focus points. Love the 51 autofocus points my Nikon's.
more expensive models also have more cross-type focus points. Entry models might only have ONE.
I had problems with the D700 with a tamron lens (28-300mm). Once I replaced the third party lens with a Nikon.... the focussing problems went away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVQiN568izQ&hd=1

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Thank you for responding and I certainly understand.
I really want to thank all the Adobe employees and other experienced individuals who are helping us. It is very much appreciated and a breath of fresh air compared to some other big company forums where responses from employees are either extremely rare or non-existent.
I am enjoying PS CS5 and know all the small bugs will be worked out in time and the features we depend on will receive the polish they deserve (or at least that has been my experience since PS 6).
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thorpearch1 wrote:
Does anyone know why / if there is a fix for this problem. I shoot a Nikon D3S/D3X. Lightroom won't recognise my lenses in the Lens Correction area of Develop. It only recognises them after I put in Nikon as the manufacturer.
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