----- Original Message ----- From: "Francis" Subject: Help! lens coating separating?
> Bonjour my fine friends! > I just bought a Tamron 300mm f2.8 through ebay. But there's something > fishy with it. One of the elements has a blueish water-mark type blemish > near one edge. Is this the coating separating? Is it likely to increase? > can it be fixed? > > Here are some pictures of the problem: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr-fm/2604713874/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr-fm/2603886689 > > The ebay seller seems to be straight and is willing to refund me. But > I've been trying to get my hands one of these lenses for three months so > I'm not that thrilled with the idea. > > I would be very grateful for any wisdom or suggestions on the matter. I'd take the refund. That is an compound element starting to seperate. I suspect it is reparable, but it would be a factory repair (sent to Japan), and will not be cheap. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
