Originally posted by hal55 Thanks, item purchased, I'm looking forward to using it. It did come from a UK dealer with a 100% satisfaction rate and looks to be in near new condition.
If this is the one I think it is (which sold for £31.95 today) it doesn't actually look that good. It looks like it was disassembled ( marks on the groves for spanner ), the glass is not really shown and the body scratches was badly painted over with cheap marker (which looks reddish on the photos ). There seems to be damage to the front rim (where filter thread is ) which was also painted over.
The back of the lens isn't shown clearly , only a glimpse of it at an angle and that clearly shows some tampering work done with the retaining ring for the rear optical group. There is also a lot of painting over with this reddish cheap black office marker. I bet it all will rub off with some alcohol based cleaner ( or with time
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I really hope am wrong, but it definitely is not mint.. more like fair to me
EDIT: Ah and the seller has only mere 20 feedbacks for sales received - that is not something to brag about really :S