Testing and buying lense

duntellu · 27th October 2006

Hi all ,

i'm very very new to the whole biz of buying lense.
What are the things to look out for when buying a lense at the camera shop?

1) how would i check for focusing (i think my d70s lcd wun allow me to zoom in all the way)
>> should i bring a laptop along with my d70s, shoot a few pics and zoom in using the laptop?

2) other than checking for dust, fungus and other easy to spot manufacturing defects, what else should i look out for?
>> is there a manufacturing date somewhere to estimate how long the lens has been sitting in the store room?

3) how would one spot a grey set othre than the price? would the warranty papers be of a different language?

4) what else did i miss?

thanks for answering

27th October 2006	#1
duntellu Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: where the meat meats my teeth Posts: 59	Testing and buying lense Hi all , i'm very very new to the whole biz of buying lense. What are the things to look out for when buying a lense at the camera shop? 1) how would i check for focusing (i think my d70s lcd wun allow me to zoom in all the way) >> should i bring a laptop along with my d70s, shoot a few pics and zoom in using the laptop? 2) other than checking for dust, fungus and other easy to spot manufacturing defects, what else should i look out for? >> is there a manufacturing date somewhere to estimate how long the lens has been sitting in the store room? 3) how would one spot a grey set othre than the price? would the warranty papers be of a different language? 4) what else did i miss? thanks for answering __________________ Nikon D70s* Nikkor 28-100 G f/4.5-5.6* Nikkor 70-300 G f/4.5-5.6*Nikkor 17-35 f/2.8 Fujifilm F31