THe history of the "new" lens is interesting. When I went up to NT a few months ago I stopped to photo a bull camel ( he didn't like me there but I still got within three meters of him ). Anyhow when I was getting back into the car I noticed the lens on the side of the road. Its a genuine Nikkor (Nikon) lens and had both dust caps on and a UV filter. I didn't look at it properly until last night
when I checked it out and did some practise shots. Of course once the camera is out, I have to take at least one snake photo.
The lens is worth about a grand 8)