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So I bought a bad lens on eBay, now what?

Started Jun 11, 2015 | Questions thread
Isola Verde
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Re: So I bought a bad lens on eBay, now what?

nevada5 wrote:

BeardedManMatt wrote:

Oh my god, you guys are all right, this is incredibly embarrassing.. I realise why I need to wear goggles to see what I'm doing! I go to look for a filter and suddenly the font is 100pt and sticking out like a sore thumb "Kenko Digital Filter MC UV", I have no idea how I missed it.

Underneath the real glass is actually in perfect condition like the filter has been on since day 1, same story with the 50-200 which probably explains why mine was sharper (I read they were optically identical), I'm going to have to redo that test. I guess that's why it had the whole cheap feel about it, I had not seen the first versions of Samsung lenses so just thought of it as poor designing.

Unfortunately the 30mm really does have a scratch on it, still completely usable though. Are there scratch repair options? If that's possible and not too expensive I still may end up to a complete bargain.

Thank you all so much, I'm so glad I contacted you guys before I started accusing people. I've only been at this a few month so I'm sure I can be forgiven!

Glad it worked out well for you. I'd like to see a show of hands - anyone who never overlooked something obvious staring at them.

A quick Google suggests that these were among the photos posted by the seller of that outfit...

Two sore thumbs?

For what the sale is reported as having gone thru' for, the package would seem quite a bargain - with two filters thrown in!

Just a shame that the 30mm hadn't had one attached before the scratch incident happened...

Trust it's OK!

Peter

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