Nikon D3X Compatible Lenses

Compatible Lenses

	Camera setting		Focus mode		Exposure		Metering system
					mode
		S	M (with		P	A		a	Z
		C	electronic	M	S	M	3D	Color	b
Lens/accessory			rangefinder)
	Type G or D AF Nikkor 2	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	—	✔ 3
	AF-S, AF-I Nikkor
CPU	PC-E NIKKOR series	—	✔ 5	✔	✔ 5	✔ 5	✔ 5	—	✔ 3,5
	PC Micro 85mm	—	✔ 5	✔	—	✔ 6	✔	—	✔ 3
lenses	f/2.8D 4
	AF-S / AF-I Teleconverter7	✔ 8	✔ 8	✔	✔	✔	✔	—	✔ 3
1	Other AF Nikkor	✔ 9	✔ 9	✔	✔	✔	—	✔	✔ 3
	(except lenses for F3AF)
	AI-P Nikkor	—	✔ 10	✔	✔	✔	—	✔	✔ 3
	AI-, AI-modified, Nikkor or	—	✔ 10	✔	—	✔ 13	—	✔ 14	✔ 15
	Nikon Series E lenses 12
	Medical-Nikkor 120mm	—	✔	✔	—	✔ 16	—	—	—
-Non	f/4
	Reflex-Nikkor	—	—	✔	—	✔ 13	—	—	✔ 15
CPU
	PC-Nikkor	—	✔ 5	✔	—	✔ 17	—	—	✔
lenses	AI-type Teleconverter 18	—	✔ 8	✔	—	✔ 13	—	✔ 14	✔ 15
	PB-6 Bellows Focusing	—	✔ 8	✔	—	✔ 20	—	—	✔
11	Attachment 19
	Auto extension rings
	(PK-series 11A, 12, or 13;	—	✔ 8	✔	—	✔ 13	—	—	✔
	PN-11)

1 IX-Nikkor lenses can not be used.

2Vibration Reduction (VR) supported with VR lenses.

3 Spot metering meters selected focus point.

4 The camera’s exposure metering and flash control systems do not work properly when shifting and/or tilting the lens, or when an aperture other than the maximum aperture is used.

5 Can not be used with shifting or tilting.

6 Manual exposure mode only.

n 7	Can be used with AF-S and AF-I lenses only (pg. 385).
8	With maximum effective aperture of f/5.6 or faster.

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