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While AF lenses *can* be used as MF, it's not a delightful or enjoyable experience, the focus rings on AF lenses tend to be an afterthought, are frequently stiff or seixed and feel awful, whereas the purpose designed MF lenses are usually a delight to focus wit nice feel and a good grip, like the older 'hill and dale' lenses, a joy to use by comparison and lack the undesirable zoom factor of the modern micro lenses.
I hope you like the 105mm Micro Nikkor f/2.8 which is a really good lens, perfect for flutterbyes, dragonflies and other skittish creatures, I believe the bokeh is every bit as good as the f/4.0 which I have.
The Nikkor 105mm f2.5 is a wonderful lens one of the first I acquired when I started to expand my collection beyond the basic, mine is also modified from pre Ai by a bit of filing, its's a prefect portrait lens, really sharp yet lovely bokeh and a responsive depth of focus deep enough yet with a gradual fall off, unlike the superb and very expensive 85mm f/1.4 which I believe is a very difficult lens to use occasionally.
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Robert.