09-30-2011, 01:37 PM
[quote name='anyscreenamewilldo' timestamp='1317388712' post='11999']
....can't answer your question about testing ... but i've learnt a thing or two about buying lenses over the years, and recently i bought a new lens - put the shop demo lens on the camera and it tested beautifully (looking at the files on my nice convenient laptop) - then - "very good sir, we have a lovely new one of these fresh in it's box, please take this one" - hmmm, well alright then .... if i can also test it first - so, put nice new lens on the camera, took the same shots with it outside the shop and sadly it looked like absolute s*** - so i said, you have a sale if i can buy the demo lens but no sale if i have to take the nice new lens in the box ... and the nice shop keeper sold me their demo lens (nice shop keeper) - and it's a beautiful lens - buyer beware
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Yo, this is the point.
Don't ever buy a lens from a shop without a proper return policy .. which is why I will never go for a "real" shop anyway.
....can't answer your question about testing ... but i've learnt a thing or two about buying lenses over the years, and recently i bought a new lens - put the shop demo lens on the camera and it tested beautifully (looking at the files on my nice convenient laptop) - then - "very good sir, we have a lovely new one of these fresh in it's box, please take this one" - hmmm, well alright then .... if i can also test it first - so, put nice new lens on the camera, took the same shots with it outside the shop and sadly it looked like absolute s*** - so i said, you have a sale if i can buy the demo lens but no sale if i have to take the nice new lens in the box ... and the nice shop keeper sold me their demo lens (nice shop keeper) - and it's a beautiful lens - buyer beware
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Yo, this is the point.
Don't ever buy a lens from a shop without a proper return policy .. which is why I will never go for a "real" shop anyway.