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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;">i'm bored with this but as you are newbie i'll explain my position re. this lens ..... for the last time ..... and sorry to interrupt anything further Klaus might have to say

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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;">yes it's hard to believe i know, but the lens tested is my lens and is a replacement lens from the retailer for the first lens i had from them which showed and measured very much similar results to this one - and i can assure you that it works the way i have described (as did the first one) - i had explained the problems to the shop and requested a replacement from them that did not exhibit these traits, as a very similar lens came back as replacement i assumed this was the way they were - so i've let said retailer know what i think of them and didn't request a third copy; 

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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;">i called Canon service USA and they said they didn't know anything about it and then tried to sell me another one, so i rang off; 

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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;">i contacted and tried to talk to a tech at Canon service Sydney, he wasn't in and didn't call me back;

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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;">now i'm away from home but when i get back and have time i'll drop into Canon service Sydney to see if they can programme or tweak this vary-focus out

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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;">....so, i'm glad to hear that you have a nice one of these now….can i offer you an exchange….