> Guess Canon misses a few in their QC department now and then. ;-)
> Maybe folks will realize no company is perfect and stop trying to insist
> that 3rd party lenses are the only ones with occasional lemons. 8-)
>
> Peter K
I suspect the lens left the factory in perfect shape. I have come to
know the Japanese. They're not perfect, but they're the last on my list to
blame for a problem in a product.
I also have come to know the shipping people in America, and other
countries are not much better. Remember Jim Carey's movie where he's using
the parcel like a basketball? It happens. I used to get so much damage
shipping to the U.S. from Canada, I figured anything from Canada got the
'Carey' treatment. They are pissed you see of imports hurting their jobs...
these idiots are the first people I blame.
Face it, most shipping, courier and boat unloaders are low paid guys who
get a laugh out of the dumbest things.
Hey, even the dealer or distributor might have dropped it no the floor.
Maybe customs ripped the box open with a machete, then dropped it on the
floor.
In any case, the thing is we all test a new lens after we get it. I know
I put mine through the wringer. It passed, no complaints. The good thing is
the warranty will replace it.
Jim Davis (in Japan)
P.S. Yes, it's true too that the Japanese test all lenses, and keep the best
ones for the Japan market. I don't know this for a fact, but I certainly
believe it is true. Since I have only Japanese bought lenses (35-135,75-300,
20-35), maybe that explains the excellent quality of these cheap zooms
everyone complains about, and I can't understand! I wonder if Photodo tests
lenses that are sent them from makers in Japan, or if they test a random
sample fromt a dealer in Europe or where ever they are located?
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