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£311? An Otus lenshood? Second hand, or what? 

 

Yes, I did use it since I repaired it. But it's still wobbly, not in the swallowtail guidance rails, but somewhere on the barrel. I think I'll send it back to China to have it repaired properly. But first I need to find a Swisspost clerk able to read chinese. The dress to send it back is

 

Please kindly ship it to below address in China

 
Address in Chinese: 中國安徽省合肥市庐阳区天水路11号7号楼一楼
Recipient: èŒƒæ—­æ˜Ž
Recipient Company: é•¿åºšå…‰å­¦
 
Got it? Thought so, my Cantonese is a bit rusty, too.
 

So, mine could be defect but I put some pictures here. Two are with Venus lens, one with Sigma 24, perspective corrected in Affinity Photo and cropped. The others I cropped also to get DX size. (4800 × 3200)

 



 



 



 

I could put you a RAW file before the crash to my dropbox, but honestly, you should see the £311 in correlation with the circumstances in case of a repair. Also, Venus Optics puts the value down to reduce import costs and VAT to zero - at least two bits unfair against other manufacturers.