Clovishound
Senior Member
Full disclosure, I have no connection with MPB, other than being a first time customer.
Given the Pup's proclivities in choosing something different to photograph, and with Christmas coming up, I talked with her about what to have under the tree for her this year. She shoots with a D5600and has no interest in upgrading to FF or mirrorless anytime soon. She is pretty much covered with everything from 18mm to 300mm, and can extend that out to 500mm by borrowing my long tele. I thought she might like to try an ultra wide angle. Since she is working with crop frame, a FF ultra wide is out of the question to mount on her camera. I looked at the reviews and the inexpensive Nikon 10-20mm got the best reviews. I decided to go with used, since she doesn't know whether she will be using this lens much, or not. I was able to get a LN from MPB for less than half the cost of a new one, and thought I would give them a try.
I ordered it late Monday. It arrived from NY to SC today.
Packing was good.
Lens looks perfect, the only difference I can see between this and a brand new Nikon is the signature Nikon box, and a little dust from the packing.
I mounted it on my old D3400 and took it for a short spin to make sure everything works fine before bagging it up for Christmas. BTW, not my car. Everything looks good. Focus, sharpness, zoom, aperture, all look good. This thing really goes wide. She should be able to do some great forced perspective shots with it. If I could get it to work in FF mode on my Z5 it would give some crazy wide shots, but, alas, I think the camera forces crop mode when it senses a crop frame lens attached.
This is a cheap lens, but it appears to function well. Ken Rockwell spoke highly of it in his review.
I was happy with the experience I had with MPB. They are a little cheaper than KEH, also the photos are of the actual item vs a stock photo, and they post shutter counts for a of of their cameras. I had a much better experience with them than I have had with Nikon Store's refurbs. I would use them again.
Given the Pup's proclivities in choosing something different to photograph, and with Christmas coming up, I talked with her about what to have under the tree for her this year. She shoots with a D5600and has no interest in upgrading to FF or mirrorless anytime soon. She is pretty much covered with everything from 18mm to 300mm, and can extend that out to 500mm by borrowing my long tele. I thought she might like to try an ultra wide angle. Since she is working with crop frame, a FF ultra wide is out of the question to mount on her camera. I looked at the reviews and the inexpensive Nikon 10-20mm got the best reviews. I decided to go with used, since she doesn't know whether she will be using this lens much, or not. I was able to get a LN from MPB for less than half the cost of a new one, and thought I would give them a try.
I ordered it late Monday. It arrived from NY to SC today.
Packing was good.
Lens looks perfect, the only difference I can see between this and a brand new Nikon is the signature Nikon box, and a little dust from the packing.
I mounted it on my old D3400 and took it for a short spin to make sure everything works fine before bagging it up for Christmas. BTW, not my car. Everything looks good. Focus, sharpness, zoom, aperture, all look good. This thing really goes wide. She should be able to do some great forced perspective shots with it. If I could get it to work in FF mode on my Z5 it would give some crazy wide shots, but, alas, I think the camera forces crop mode when it senses a crop frame lens attached.
This is a cheap lens, but it appears to function well. Ken Rockwell spoke highly of it in his review.
I was happy with the experience I had with MPB. They are a little cheaper than KEH, also the photos are of the actual item vs a stock photo, and they post shutter counts for a of of their cameras. I had a much better experience with them than I have had with Nikon Store's refurbs. I would use them again.
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