Aperture Value blank after mounting SMC F Lens

donpjt · 12-08-2014, 12:01 PM

called KEH, return it is... I'm losing my faith in used lenses now after a row of 3 consecutive defective lenses from KEH...

Sliver-Surfer · 12-08-2014, 12:24 PM

Originally posted by donpjt

called KEH, return it is... I'm losing my faith in used lenses now after a row of 3 consecutive defective lenses from KEH...

Most big dealers generally don't know or care how to inspect lenses.

narual · 12-08-2014, 01:20 PM

3 lenses with the same problem? Maybe it's not the lens.

donpjt · 12-08-2014, 01:26 PM

Originally posted by narual

3 lenses with the same problem? Maybe it's not the lens.

Not the same 3 lenses. first 2 lenses were a 50mm f 2.8 D-FA macro, first one had a mark inside the rear element, the second copy via exchange had cleaning marks in an internal element, and so I got a refund for the 50mm macro and got this one. the 80-200 which was much cheaper and this one ends up having an aperture contact problem, so yes 3 in a row, and that too all in one order, returned thrice now..

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12-08-2014, 12:01 PM	#16
donpjt Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Houston, TX Photos: Gallery Posts: 190 Original Poster	called KEH, return it is... I'm losing my faith in used lenses now after a row of 3 consecutive defective lenses from KEH...

12-08-2014, 12:24 PM	#17
Sliver-Surfer Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,558	Originally posted by donpjt called KEH, return it is... I'm losing my faith in used lenses now after a row of 3 consecutive defective lenses from KEH... Most big dealers generally don't know or care how to inspect lenses.

12-08-2014, 01:20 PM	#18
narual Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: South Bend (Notre Dame), Indiana Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,988	3 lenses with the same problem? Maybe it's not the lens.

12-08-2014, 01:26 PM	#19
donpjt Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Houston, TX Photos: Gallery Posts: 190 Original Poster	Originally posted by narual 3 lenses with the same problem? Maybe it's not the lens. Not the same 3 lenses. first 2 lenses were a 50mm f 2.8 D-FA macro, first one had a mark inside the rear element, the second copy via exchange had cleaning marks in an internal element, and so I got a refund for the 50mm macro and got this one. the 80-200 which was much cheaper and this one ends up having an aperture contact problem, so yes 3 in a row, and that too all in one order, returned thrice now..