Which one did you get? Some of the copies from that region Russia/Ukraine can be mint alright, but there is that wait. The 44-2 I have is in great nick, optics are clean, no dust or fungus or anything like that, only thing is the focus ring has a bit of play... it can be fine one moment, then it'll kind of skip a bit, and throw me well off focus, just a matter of pulling it back but it can be annoying. Definitely not a copy for anything moving faster than someone turning their head slightly ... but I didn't buy it for action eh