Does the 50mm work with my Nikon D60?

I've been looking up these lens to help with my course. There's a Nikon 50mm 1.8D or a Nikon 50mm 1.8G. My friend told me the 1.8D doesn't have auto focus on a D5000? Or something like that?

I was wondering would the 1.8G work with a Nikon D60?

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How to shadow/black out photos?

I don't even know the correct terminology for what I am wanting to do. My best friend is wanting me to take some maternity photos of her tomorrow and this is an idea I am going with… (see links).
I don't know how to get this effect for the pictures, where everything else is blacked out, and her belly and body are shadowed.

I am shooting with a Nikon D5100. Thanks!

http://www.coltonphotography.com/blog/2011/12/rob-danielle-dc-maternity-portraits/

http://www.louisedieselphotography.co.za/photography/black-white-photography-2

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Britek HS-1000 won't work with Nikon D100 and D50?

I just a bought a set of Britek light strobes and sometimes they will work with my D50 and D100. I am using a wireless trigger (Microsync) which works perfectly when I press the test button on the microsync. In both cameras, the strobe works sometimes and sometimes not, for no apparent reason, I have tried manual, auto mode, with cords, wireless…
Even the strobe wont work when I press the test button on the actual strobe… Weird.

Please help me if you have any idea… I read someone having the same problem with a D50 and a different Britek strobe. Thanks!
Added (1). FIXED! I found out that Nikon has a lot of hotshoe problems… Anyway, I scraped the metal contacts on the hotshoe very lightly with a pocket knife and voilá! It works perfect now…
In my case it seems like it was a bad connection problem.

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