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Avoiding lens slipping off camera? 40-150 f2.8 came off today...

Started Aug 17, 2015 | Discussions thread
Tapper123
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Re: a marketing giant

James Pilcher wrote:

Tapper123 wrote:

Have you ever had a lens slip off the camera?

Neither have I, until earlier today.

(In fact I've decided to sell it because I really love my gear to look perfect, so if you're interested it's in the DPreview selling forum here. I have photos of it there as well.)

Great marketing: Announce that you've dropped a lens and then offer it for sale. You may find a taker, though, because there's a sucker born every minute.

Jim Pilcher
Bonita Springs, Florida, USA

That lens is the nicest and most expensive piece of photo gear I ever allowed myself to own, and I wanted to keep it pristine. Until this accident, I have never dropped a lens.

And yes, I am interested in selling it to someone who doesn't care about cosmetics as I do, and they can save a few hundred dollars.

How is that bad, exactly? And how does it make someone a sucker to buy it? Used stuff with cosmetic damage is bought and sold all the time.

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