I was in a charity shop today and they had a old zenith with 3 lenses for £40. It seemed in good nick. Would you buy it and return it if wasn't up to scratch or is it a chance you take?
I personally wouldn't have a moral problem with it, so long as it wasn't labelled or clearly identified as not working.
If you bought any other electronic item like a blender or whatever and took it home and it didn't work you'd return it, no?
Not sure how charity shops in general deal with returns though, I imagine they have to accept them?
I would be very surprised if you didn't see dust in a lens of that era (assuming era).I held some lenses up to the light and could see dust I want to test if you can see them in the images. Don't care about the body just want the lenses.
I held some lenses up to the light and could see dust I want to test if you can see them in the images. Don't care about the body just want the lenses.
I am led to believe second hand electrical goods are supposed to be tested to ensure they meed the legal standards.And for this very reason many charities will not sell electrical equipment unless they have a qualified electrician to test the stuff. Next you will want the charity to have a computerised inventory system to know what it sold so it can take it back. The mind boggles...
Yes! Else charities will not/should not sell them. What we buy on Ebay is another story.I am led to believe second hand electrical goods are supposed to be tested to ensure they meed the legal standards.
Big dust! Lol debris might be a better word, i need to take a better look and take an adapter down.I would be very surprised if you didn't see dust in a lens of that era (assuming era).
I think there is an exemption for electrical goods selling for less than £15. Think this was brought in a few years back specifically becasue of the problem that charity shops have in getting items tested and still being able to sell them at a profit without testing fees taking all the proceeds.I am led to believe second hand electrical goods are supposed to be tested to ensure they meed the legal standards.
Big dust! Lol debris might be a better word, i need to take a better look and take an adapter down.
Zenit E has a selenium meter with very minimal electronics. Later Zenits had TTL metering with more sophisticated electronics but none (as far as I know) have electronic control of shutter.I wouldn't take it back. Not sure the Zenit has any electronics, does it. ?
'We didn't burn him!'We have a local charity shop for local people
'We didn't burn him!'
It would have to have been seven and twelfty pounds
Do you think that te mould was only on the glass? It's just as likely to be anywhere on internal and external surfaces - mostly it's on lens elements that it gets noticed. But you might have earned yourself a decade or two of use before further treatment is needed. The truth is that decay of some kind sets in from the time that something is made. Remember King Canute? All's in motion. Possessions are temporary things.I've subsequently disassembled the lens and hopefully removed the fungus.
Sucks that you got crappy lenses but I wouldn't take them back. People in charity shops are usually giving their time for free, and if it's legit then any profit will go to a good home. Think of it as a [pricey] good deed
You could try taking them apart and cleaning them, there's tutorials for that about on youtube
Very little of the profit from these charities actually makes it to the people who need it.
Like the bosses six figure salaries? Very little of the profit from these charities actually makes it to the people who need it.
Like the bosses six figure salaries? Very little of the profit from these charities actually makes it to the people who need it.