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From: "paddy audinarayanan"
Subject: Scratch on the new 24mm lens.
> Hi,
>
> I bought a new pentax SMC FA 24MM F2 AL{IF} from adoroma and just opened
> it and
> there seems to be a scratch and it seems to be continuous and can be
> seen only from the
> mount side.
>
> I'm very new to the SLR camera & lens world. So, I would like to know if
> it's a real scratch
> on the lens or some other problem. Has anybody come across similar
> problems with brand new lenses? If anybody can help me in this matter,
> it would be greatly appreciated.
Just send it back for exchange. Whether it is a scratch or not is
immaterial. What matters is that it was flawed out of the box seriously to
concern you.
William Robb
