heatherc

Can't speak about the Mk11, but the IQ difference between my old Mk1 and the new STM is very noticeable indeed.  The Mark 1 had awful purple CA fringing and just doesn't seem to have been as sharp ...

+1 for the 18-135.  I bought one specifically for a holiday walk round lens and have been suitably impressed with the quality.

+1 for the Canon 50mm 1.8 STM, an order of magnitude beyond the old Mark 1 that I had before (and cheap!)

I upgraded just over a year ago from 500D to 70D.  Wish I'd waited for the 80D but don't regret the upgrade.  I also upgraded my old 18-55 for a new 18-135 STM and have to say I have noticed a ...

EBay requires you to return the item (or at least to prove that you have attempted to return it by uploading a tracking number or similar). Otherwise the vendor is down both money AND item, which ...

Fingers crossed that this turns out to be a decent seller and you do get the return postage costs back.  If you'd raised the "not as described" ticket before you sent it then they'd have had to ...

EBay have their "returns procedure" for a good reason and it's so they don't have to look for evidence in your message folder or anything else like that, when it all goes wrong.  Start an "item ...

Good thought, but while there is a some very slight movement, the blades look bent out of shape / jammed to me, to the extent that the hole formed by them is neither central in the lens nor ...

Well it's disappointing, because I've been bidding on quite a few 135mm lenses trying to get a reasonably cheap one and thought I'd managed it.  However, you're right, things aren't so happy for ...

So it arrived and for the second time a seller has sent me a lens described as "in full working order" with the iris blades jammed solid.  Am I just unlucky or is this common when people don't ...

Oh I hadn't given up.  I knew someone would be able to tell me exactly what it was - that's why I posted here :)  I was beginning to get a bad feeling abut it though. Thanks Simon and Gnarlydog, I ...

Thank you both for the replies.  So two posts, two different opinions.  I think it's going back, rather than me messing about trying to get it to fit!

My intention was to buy an M42 fit lens for use on my Canon EOS system.  I already have an old Helios from the 1980s (used to use it on a Zenit TTL - those were the days!) and the relevant "focus ...