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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 810597" data-attributes="member: 50197">Well, it showed up this morning about 15 minutes before I had to leave for a lab appointment. That was some quick shipping from NJ to SC in less than 24 hrs. Mounted it up to the the trusty Z5 and went out and played with it for about 5 minutes. Everything is smooth and silent. I set it to only seek out to .5 meter for AF and it didn't hunt, although it failed to capture if I was moving the camera too much. AF was quick and silent. MF was slick. I really like the small control ring near the mount. It comes preset to aperture control, which is where I will likely leave it. Debating on whether or not to brave the heat and make a quick trip over to Cypress Gardens and take some pictures. It's supposed to rain tomorrow. I will have to wait to decide about sharpness, but initial impression is that this is a big step up from the F mount 105 micro Nikon it is replacing, although I suspect that one was defective when I got it. AF hunted a lot, and was somewhat noisy. I thought that it was just normal for that lens, especially at close distances. I use MF predominantly at macro distances, but the old lens failed to focus either manually or in autofocus after a little over a year of light use.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 810597, member: 50197"] Well, it showed up this morning about 15 minutes before I had to leave for a lab appointment. That was some quick shipping from NJ to SC in less than 24 hrs. Mounted it up to the the trusty Z5 and went out and played with it for about 5 minutes. Everything is smooth and silent. I set it to only seek out to .5 meter for AF and it didn't hunt, although it failed to capture if I was moving the camera too much. AF was quick and silent. MF was slick. I really like the small control ring near the mount. It comes preset to aperture control, which is where I will likely leave it. Debating on whether or not to brave the heat and make a quick trip over to Cypress Gardens and take some pictures. It's supposed to rain tomorrow. I will have to wait to decide about sharpness, but initial impression is that this is a big step up from the F mount 105 micro Nikon it is replacing, although I suspect that one was defective when I got it. AF hunted a lot, and was somewhat noisy. I thought that it was just normal for that lens, especially at close distances. I use MF predominantly at macro distances, but the old lens failed to focus either manually or in autofocus after a little over a year of light use. [/QUOTE]

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