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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 723952" data-attributes="member: 13196"><p>So the refurbished TC arrived this afternoon and without performing any AF tuning, I tested it out. It isn't a fair comparison to the hawk images because I stopped down to f/8 here and used a slightly faster shutter speed. However I tried to replicate my post processing to match what I did with the hawk photos.</p><p></p><p>Out of the shipping box, the TC arrived in a brown cardboard box sealed by Nikon. It listed the serial number and the fact that it is refurbished. The exterior of the TC shows some wear on the bubbled finish of the exterior, but that's just cosmetic. The rear element had me concerned as it looked like there were a few spots of coating missing. But I remembered seeing the same effect on my 1.4x TC that I purchased preowned at Allen's - and they carefully cleaned the rear element. So I carefully cleaned this rear element. All spots were removed. :encouragement:</p><p></p><p>So here are a couple from this afternoon. I haven't yet done any side-by-side comparisons but plan to do so for better comparisons. And like I mentioned in my reply to Jake, I really need to compare some cropped images. Both of these below have no crops.</p><p></p><p>Please feel free to let me know your thoughts. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]329476[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]329477[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hark, post: 723952, member: 13196"] So the refurbished TC arrived this afternoon and without performing any AF tuning, I tested it out. It isn't a fair comparison to the hawk images because I stopped down to f/8 here and used a slightly faster shutter speed. However I tried to replicate my post processing to match what I did with the hawk photos. Out of the shipping box, the TC arrived in a brown cardboard box sealed by Nikon. It listed the serial number and the fact that it is refurbished. The exterior of the TC shows some wear on the bubbled finish of the exterior, but that's just cosmetic. The rear element had me concerned as it looked like there were a few spots of coating missing. But I remembered seeing the same effect on my 1.4x TC that I purchased preowned at Allen's - and they carefully cleaned the rear element. So I carefully cleaned this rear element. All spots were removed. :encouragement: So here are a couple from this afternoon. I haven't yet done any side-by-side comparisons but plan to do so for better comparisons. And like I mentioned in my reply to Jake, I really need to compare some cropped images. Both of these below have no crops. Please feel free to let me know your thoughts. :) [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]329476._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]329477._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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