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Are de-kitted lenses more prone to sample variation?

Started Jul 12, 2016 | Discussions thread
TheEye
TheEye Veteran Member • Posts: 4,883
Re: Are de-kitted lenses more prone to sample variation?

saudidave wrote:

TheEye wrote:

I think that people who are not happy with their kit lens may sell it rather than keep it. So de-kitted lenses that are sold are probably at least sometimes not-so-good ones.

I suspect the OP is referring to de-kitted lenses sold by dealers who split the kit and sell it rather than individuals who have used it and found fault.

My 14-141 MkII came to me secondhand but mint in a G6 kit & I sold the body when I upgraded to a de-kitted G7 body. My copy of the lens is razor sharp for what it is

Dave

I see lots of lenses dekitted and for sale by owner on Ebay. As for the dealer dekitted lenses, they should have the exact same sample variation as any other randomly chosen factory-new lens.

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