View single post by chrisbet

Posted: Mon Aug 4th, 2025 13:25

Joined:	Thu Feb 7th, 2019
Location:	Leigh On Sea, Essex , United Kingdom
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I often buy lenses with faults and then repair/clean them and move them on unless it is a lens I want - but I steer well clear of the later lenses with VR and plastic bodies - they can be a total nightmare even just to clean - if there are issues with the VR or AF then they have to be seriously cheap to even consider for body parts!

I started off by making a few pounds on each, reinvested until I could afford the serious glass I wanted - I now have a dozen or so professional level lenses including brand new lenses for the Sony FS5 - the Nikons are mostly AF D as I prefer the aperture on the lens rather than the G series.

London Camera Exchange, Wex and MPB are all good sources with good returns policies.

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