Metallic glitter on new RF 24-105 F4
Re: Metallic glitter on new RF 24-105 F4
higheronymous wrote:
DennisWe wrote:
Hi everybody,
recently I got myself a new Canon R5. In addition to that I now decided to get a new RF 24-105 F4l as well as a general purpose zoom lens. As the lens arrived today I immediately noticed that there is some kind of metallic glitter on the body of the lens, particulary on the zoom ring and on the focus ring but on other places as well (e.g. some of it found its way into that groove where the lens hood is mounted). Its only a bit but it is noticable.
This glitter (I suppose this are some kind of metal chippings) is removable but its hard to do so on the zoom ring and the focus ring. Its not possible to just blow it away, but it is possible to wipe it away with a cloth.
I wonder wether this is normal? Are those some leftovers of the manufacturing process? Did you have this on your new RF lenses as well? At least it seams as if this glitter did not get inside the lens itself but Im still a bit worried about that.
What is amazing is how many people come on this forum and say: what is this? And then they proceed to describe the issue with several paragraphs of words. I'm just wondering if they understand that this is a photography forum. Might want to start with a picture, that might help.
I considered taking a picture of this but I feared it would not help anyone. All you can see are tiny spots which look like some kind of ordinary dust but are not which shows in a.) they are reflecting like metal and b.) hard to remove. But in case anyone might find it helpful here is a picture of one of those metal glitters:

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