AF is slow, and hunts quite a bit, sometimes never finding focus at all where Nikon's 50mm nails it no problem (tested side by side).

not that bad - biggest issue is that while hunting the loud AF noise can be annoying

Terrible hunting lag during auto-focus

Even the Zeiss 24 was soft at 1.8.Quick Tip: Update your camera body AND the lensAs soon as I put this lens on and started using it I noticed some very sporadic focus hunting going on

Terrible hunting lag during auto-focus

Terrible hunting lag during auto-focus.

I was satisfied with the image quality for the $$.2 stars with the current focus hunt - 3.9 stars without

Terrible hunting lag during auto-focus.