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will the G1X have scratch lens problem too?

Started Mar 3, 2012 | Discussions thread
BG454 Veteran Member • Posts: 7,345
Re: Why?

GaryJP wrote:

I've been using the G series since the G3, right up to G12, filterless, and NEVER scratched a lens.

So because you've never suffered, the problem therefore does not exist?

I've never experienced it with my G7 either, but there are a large number of posts on these forums that indicate that it is possible for the "protective" shutter blades to make contact with the lens surface and cause scratching.

To incorporate a protective shutter whould have made the G1X's already huge lens barrel even larger, so I presume that is why they went with a clip-on lens cap.

The answer to the OP's question is therefore, "No, the G1X will not suffer surface scratching from the lens cover."

To err is Human. To really foul things up you need a computer.

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