✅Serviced✅ Nikon Nikkor 50mm F1.4 AI-S Fast Prime Lens 5801203 AIS

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From a highly rated seller with 20+ years of presence on eBay
Just completely serviced. 100% working.
Excellent Glass. Excellent Mechanics. Mint Appearance.
Nikon Nikkor AI-S 50mm f1.4 Prime Lens
AI-S is Nikon's last generation of their manual focus lenses, with all the latest technology in optics yet retained a rugged metal construction. They are a joy to use and last long time.
Lenses 20 to 30 years old
generally need service to restore its performance. The main culprit is the grease in the lens. After decades of use (or disuse) it usually has separated and the lighter oil part has evaporated and condensed onto the internal glass surfaces to form a film of numerous tiny oil droplets (oil haze) - very detrimental to image quality as it softens the image quite a lot. The oil haze is much worse than a little swirls of cleaning mark on the coating or a few sporadic dust particles inside the lens.
Some of the lenses, if they have experienced hot/cold conditions for example in a storage unit, the lighter oil may have got onto the blades to cause a sluggish or completely stuck aperture. Even if not yet on blades, often the oil has crept close to the aperture cartridge and before long it will get onto the blades. The grease on the focus helicoids may have deteriorated (separated, lighter oil is gone, heavier part has gummed up) to cause a stiff focus ring or very loose focus action with some play. If the lens has been on beach or in dusty environment, the focus action may be gritty.
Particular for some of the AI-S lenses, the type of grease Nikon used for the helicoids seems to separate and dry up much quicker than greases used on any other lenses. As a result, after two to three decades, AI-S lenses are much more likely to have grease issues today (oil on blades, very stiff or very loose focus action with some play in the focus grip) than previous generations of Nikkor lenses. The 50mm/1.4 Nikkor is one of the best fast normal lenses but it is one of models that tend to suffer from this grease issue.
The lens for sale here has been professionally CLA'd.
Internal glass surfaces have been cleaned and oil in vicinity of the aperture cartridge as well as gummed up grease at various places has been cleaned off. The focus helicoids have been cleaned and with modern grease applied. The lens will serve you many more years without you worrying about those issues mentioned above.
The lens glass is clear and bright with no scratch/fungus/haze. Coating looks beautiful. If you shine strong light though the lens, you may see a couple tiny dusts - this is normal and has no effects on lens performance. Aperture blades are free of oil and are responsive/snappy. T
he focus action is smooth, consistent and with proper resistance - the complete rebuild of the helicoids restored the lens to the "smooth and tight" feel of a new lens. Aperture ring nicely clicks at every stop. Filter threads are good. Filters screws on/off w/o effort.
The lens barrel is in mint condition. We did not find any noticeable bright spots or other wear marks on the barrel. No ding or dent. All lettering is crisp and bright. The lens looks very clean and presentable. Please see photos for cosmetic conditions.
Includes a pair of generic caps and a Japan skylight filter as shown. The filter is in good condition.
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