I also use a Williams optics wedge and agree it’s a great addition to your kit.

I have to go with #2. I always enjoy your surfer shots and like that you have incorporated a surfer into this really nice wavescape.

Thanks for your interest. I have a sale pending receipt and clearance of a personal check. I will keep you advised regarding the final status of this transaction.

I use this too. Too bad it appears to no longer be available. It works really well.

Thanks. Lens was great as advertised and I could not pass up the chance to have one, but I just did not use it very much and it deserved a better fate than languishing in my photography closet. All the best. Cheers.

Nikon Micro Nikkor 200mm F4D ED-IF AF lens. Cosmetics, mechanics and glass are perfect. If you are reading this, you are probably familiar with this exceptional lens. Comes with original box, Nikon hard leather case, front and rear caps.

I bought from Hedgehog member moonhawk earlier this year for $1150. I added B&W XS Pro Kaesemann High Transmission Circular Polarizer MRC Nano and B&W XS Pro UV Haze MRC 62mm filters, and the Nikon lens hood, all of which will be included in the price of $1275.

I just don’t use it as much as I thought I would and it is a shame to leave such an exceptional lens in my photography closet, it deserves a better home and to be used.

I will accept Zelle transfer, personal or cashier’s check drawn on nationally known banks with time allowed for clearance or Pay Pal to Friends and Family to avoid fees. Price includes insured Fed Ex ground shipping to CONUS.

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Thank you. Exactly the type of personal experience I was hoping to get. Kind of what I thought and I had read reviews but really did not see much review wise relative to Milky Way photography with the Nikon 20 1.8. Think I’ll try again before the B&H return period expires but suspect this will be going back and I’ll hit the gym to tote my sigma art glass around. Thanks again, appreciate the response.

I posted hopefully a better image in the Astrophotography section as advised. I had not posted an image here before and appreciated the guidance provided. Hopefully the new image demonstrates my issue more clearly. Thanks to all for your responses.

Thanks for the assistance on downloading an image, this one should be better, jpeg, 1080 on long edge and original stored. Straight out of camera and horizon will be corrected etc etc, am mainly looking for coma opinions on the Nikon 20mm, thanks again to all for helping out on this, I have not posted an image here before and appreciate the guidance.

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Sorry, image was too big so I downsized, now it's too small, I give up.

Thanks to ALL who provided THOUGHTFUL comments. I should have been more detailed and included an image for an example. But I was tired after driving 6 hours yesterday and sitting/standing around the beach for 6 more hours, so here are some additions to my prior inquiry, with an attached/stored straight out of camera/no post processing image. I shoot with Nikon D 850's (no not a special model, just 2 of them). Yes, I know the horizon is not straight, one of my pet peeves as well, but I'll either warp it a bit in post and correct it or use one of the un-tracked images I shot to blend with the Milky Way (MW), so that the foreground is sharp. Yes, I shoot tracked (I should have originally stated this) with a Move Shoot Move (that's the brand) motorized tracker. My sweet spot is ISO 800, 90 seconds, usually around 2.4 to 2.8 with Sigma Art glass (14-24mm f2.8, 14mm f1.8 and 40mm f1.4). The tracker is polar aligned with the compass on my cell phone to 0 degrees north and fine tuned with a Williams Optics wedge and laser. I rarely have star trailing and usually good, sharp stars. I bought the Nikon 20mm because as you all know Sigma Art glass while great is awfully heavy to carry around and especially down to the beach, actually back up the trail is harder :). I was hoping to get real world experience with this lens. I sent the first one back (Thank you B&H) as it was simply soft. I was hoping to see if coma on stars was a characteristic of this lens or perhaps I got another bad copy but for a Nikon prime this seems unlikely. I was trying to avail myself of this groups expertise as changing lenses and cameras in the dark on the coast even with a red light is not pleasant. I'm hoping this image comes through and if anyone has insights into this particular lens and issue I would appreciate hearing them. Thanks again for your assistance.

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To simplify this, I am only interested in hearing from actual users of this lens for Milky Way photography. I have other lenses (Sigma Art which I love) but they are very heavy to cart around and I was looking for a lighter alternative. I’m using the Nikon 20mm 1.8 on a Nikon D 850. How far do you have to stop it down to eliminate coma? Last night I shot it at 2.4 and the coma was severe. I find it hard to see coma in the field on the LCD screen even when enlarged and dark skies are about 2 plus hours away so field experimentation is difficult, hence my inquiry. Any experience based suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

To simplify this, I am only interested in hearing from actual users of this lens for Milky Way photography. I have other lenses (Sigma Art which I love) but they are very heavy to cart around and I was looking for a lighter alternative. I’m using the Nikon 20mm 1.8 on a Nikon D 850. How far do you have to stop it down to eliminate coma? Last night I shot it at 2.4 and the coma was severe. I find it hard to see coma in the field on the LCD screen even when enlarged and dark skies are about 2 plus hours away so field experimentation is difficult, hence my inquiry. Any experience based suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Agree, ProMedia Gear. Have them on my D 850’s.

Yes. Thanks.