Originally posted by Ronald Oakes Im sure hoping for the best. Ordinarily I don't bid on any cameras from high humidity states in the Midwest , but this time decided to take a chance !
I have my favorite stores that I like.....this really wasn't one of them.
One of my Goodwill (relative) successes as a Spotmatic with 55mm F2.0 lens from Florida. It was an impulse bid that no one else bid on. After I looked at the pictures on my desktop (bigger pics), it looked to me like the lens might been pretty dirty and considering it was for Florida I regretted my bid immediately thinking it would show up fungus infested. Fortunately the camera worked fine other than the meter and the lens cleaned up nice and was fungus free.
I've decided to scrutinize items from humid areas a bit more from then on.
I'm also wary of DSLRs (thinking there's a lot that can go wrong and they would not be worth repairing if broken) and high end items (thinking that a high end item, working would be less likely to be donated).