I have a lot of  Nikon 1 equipment, but only use it occasionally.
Does it have any reasonable sales value?
I may want to keep some of it for time lapse. But the V2 doesn’t do time lapse, so the V2 and a 70-300 could be candidates for a sell. It is a nice compact “safari kit”.

I believe that all third party lenses from Zeiss and Samyang etc. are reverse engineered CPU copies of Nikon's own CPU some of the brands may have a license to manufacture them of course.


Also, none of them are using Nikon contact blocks or pins. All of them seem to differ in design and materials.
The Nikon contact blocks are of an extremely durable design, material and high production quality.



The Dandelion CPU are sold separately and not implemented by any lens makers, you can also buy F-Mounts where they are glued on.


I believe Bananas and Dandelions are different    and that is why some third party lenses will show problems on Z cameras

Colin, I was quite surprised.  All I did it NIK was increase dynamic contrast but not a lot.  All I can think of is that the line of Palms are quite tall and thin.  I was wondering about wind.  There is approx. 100+mtrs between the Osprey and tree.   
I will need to go back and see if the affect is there on shot either side.
Cheers Tom

Amazing image!


Very eye catching image, especially due to the BG, could you post one that has neutral PP - Just curious to see the image


I'm sure some of the striking effect is because of the blades positioning around the central part of the image

Examining real picture files will provide the answers. I see no reason why this lens should be different from the 3 native lenses I already use. They are all uniformly good performers.

Peter, I am still enjoying all.  I really like what you've done with the lion cub, or is that dust  .  When I was in Kenya my longest was to 70-210 f4 E series 
Tom