I specifically selected the non-IF 400mm f/5.6 ED because of the chromatic issues with the IF version. It's much slower to operate, though, so really most suited for landscape work.

Interestingly, there is exact same dichotomy in behaviour - and performance - between the [elusive] Nikkor 300mm f/4.5 ED and the [ubiquitous] Nikkor 300mm f/4.5ED-IF. The former is  very sharp, no CA, and operates very very slowly; the latter is also pretty  sharp and remarkably fast operating, however with CA issues not unlike the 400 ED-IF. Again, I'm using my 300 ED mainly for landscapes and for IR, since it is one of the very few Nikkors without any focus shift visible-to-IR.

I see...
So it's just not me and my copy. Thanks for verifying it for me.
If you may, do you have links of your photos taken with this lens? I will share them in a gallery in the article

Mmm, still a long way away from food, but definitely yummy.
It was exactly the right mixture of sunny, warm yet not too hot today.
After a walk along the bluebell covered Malvern Hills, a cup of delicious Puerh tea was essential

Is it Puerh tee?  I haven't seen any Puerh tea whose leaves are green.  Are they fermented very lightly?

Fear of Flying

GF1, EL-Nikkor 50mm f/2.8

Thought this theme should have a sunset sooner or later. Here is one I shared with my aunt in the autumn .. a place I've visited many summers as a child. We just enjoyed watching the sun setting in silence (..interrupted by me fiddling with the camera..).

I have to take a bunch of shots if I want to get some decent. Especially if shooting with fully open aperture. :-)