Well my time with the lens is done. It's on it's way to MOREGONE.
Disappointing but still got a few shots worthy of sharing. The hardest part is getting a sharp focus. I was going to use it on every Nikon I have but that went out the window when I saw what I had to deal with. The experience reinforced my love of legacy glass,i.e. manual focus METAL bodied lenses. I'll upload some images to Panoramia later today/tomorrow.*
If there's interest I'm considering doing this with a manual focus prime lens. Anyone interested?