Guide to buying used lens

[mcneep]

Found this on evil bay and it helped explain why people mention certain things during lens sales

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As always when buying a 2nd hand lens it still comes down to how trustworthy the seller is at describing the item.

 

[davekiddle]

Good link - thanks

 

[haggis]

The other potential problem in this digital age is the amount of photos available from manufacturer's and store sites of almost any lens you can imagine.

If in doubt then ask the seller to post a pic that shows the serial number of the lens. You can then check that against what you receive.

 

[photon]

When I returned this 24mm Sigma, the eBay seller thought the fungus I was referring to was the view of the bushes through the rear of the lens!

 

[mcneep]

Some Ebay sellers are just

 

[buckas]

posted in wrong thread :/

 

[bambam]

That was a good read - thanks. Very timely too as I've been looking on Ebay for a new lens.

Cheers

 

[coldpenguin]

When I returned this 24mm Sigma, the eBay seller thought the fungus I was referring to was the view of the bushes through the rear of the lens!

I can't see a problem there, can you put a red ring round it or something?

 

[photon]

It's what you might be mistaken in thinking is the reflection of winter trees in the front element.

 

[coldpenguin]

Oh, wow.
You are right, I thought that was tree!

 

[mcneep]

I thought it was a tree at first to :shrug: