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<blockquote data-quote="desmobob" data-source="post: 781511" data-attributes="member: 45742"><p>My experience with my first Nikon USA refurbished lens purchase is so-so... so far.</p><p></p><p>I received my refurb AF-S 50mm f/1.4G this morning. It was indistinguishable from new other than the plain cardboard packaging. I was anxious to compare it to my accumulation of other Nikkor 50mm lenses (Nikkor H-C 50mm f/2, 50mm f/1.4 Ai, 50mm f.1.8E, 50mm f/1.8D and 50mm f/1.8G). I grabbed the f/1.8G and f/1.4 Ai and headed out the back door with the new f/1.4G and a tripod.</p><p></p><p>Initial testing showed the f/1.4G was even worse than the negative reviews claimed when shot below f/4. Very soft. Bummer! It caught up to the other lenses' image quality at about f/5.6, but the images did have a different and pleasing look. Oh well...</p><p></p><p>A little while ago, I had it out messing around with it and happened to take a shot at a desktop with some papers on it. It was focusing well short of my selected focus point! I set up a test and started using my D750's AF Fine Tune. The lens was finally focusing properly at the +15 setting! </p><p></p><p>I'm sort of disappointed it's that far off, but it is focusing properly now. I'm eager to do a complete comparison with all my 50's tomorrow if the weather permits -- we're forecasted to get over an inch of rain. The lens' focusing was so far off initially that a retest should give me some drastically different results. One thing I can say now is that the inexpensive, humble and often-overlooked AF-S f/1.8G is just plain wonderful. I'm hoping the now-correctly-focusing f/1.4G will be able to impress me as much.</p><p></p><p>(And before anyone says it; yes, I have been looking for a good deal on a 50mm f/1.2 Ai-S to add to my 50mm Nikkor collection!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="desmobob, post: 781511, member: 45742"] My experience with my first Nikon USA refurbished lens purchase is so-so... so far. I received my refurb AF-S 50mm f/1.4G this morning. It was indistinguishable from new other than the plain cardboard packaging. I was anxious to compare it to my accumulation of other Nikkor 50mm lenses (Nikkor H-C 50mm f/2, 50mm f/1.4 Ai, 50mm f.1.8E, 50mm f/1.8D and 50mm f/1.8G). I grabbed the f/1.8G and f/1.4 Ai and headed out the back door with the new f/1.4G and a tripod. Initial testing showed the f/1.4G was even worse than the negative reviews claimed when shot below f/4. Very soft. Bummer! It caught up to the other lenses' image quality at about f/5.6, but the images did have a different and pleasing look. Oh well... A little while ago, I had it out messing around with it and happened to take a shot at a desktop with some papers on it. It was focusing well short of my selected focus point! I set up a test and started using my D750's AF Fine Tune. The lens was finally focusing properly at the +15 setting! I'm sort of disappointed it's that far off, but it is focusing properly now. I'm eager to do a complete comparison with all my 50's tomorrow if the weather permits -- we're forecasted to get over an inch of rain. The lens' focusing was so far off initially that a retest should give me some drastically different results. One thing I can say now is that the inexpensive, humble and often-overlooked AF-S f/1.8G is just plain wonderful. I'm hoping the now-correctly-focusing f/1.4G will be able to impress me as much. (And before anyone says it; yes, I have been looking for a good deal on a 50mm f/1.2 Ai-S to add to my 50mm Nikkor collection!) [/QUOTE]
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