Recent content by hoolio

Thank you everyone, much food for thought and I will be be making a few phone calls. Now off to build up my wrist strength, it gets very heavy very quickly!

Thank you everyone. Keep your thoughts coming please. As above, local would be nice, I’m just south of Oxford, colourbox who I used previously have long gone.

Well actually, 50, 110, 180 & 250. All W, in similarly pristine condition that came in the same lot. Child in a toy shop springs to mind.

Long time lurker here. Late one night a few weeks ago I was browsing a specialist auction site and bid on a lot, not thinking for a second I would win. I now own a rather immaculate RZ67 II. I am not regretting it but after years of of digital i’m not in a position to develop myself. Most of the...

What is wrong with people, what goes through their minds to do this kind of thing? Obvious answer is not very much but........

Finally found one of these little guys second hand and took their arm off with it. Just a little thing in comparison to some of the above but will save a lot of faffing around with phone apps. It will be mounted primarily on my M3 and it is loose, does anyone know how to firm up the spring...

Been obsessing about this and why i'm feeling too sh#t to go out and use it.

One of those big soft makeup brushes and an email fired off to B+W with those pictures included.

To cut an already long story short the lens is being sent back, I spent over the odds for what I thought was a mint version with hood. Shame For information Miles wrote that the preferred method of repair so as not to damage the lenses is to soak the element in chemicals to desolve the glue...

"This lens is excellent condition as the list. The glass is clean and clear with no Haze, scratch, fungus even a cleaning mark. The original hood and cap is very good condition". The word mint was also used and outwardly it is excellent and I actually don't think the seller was aware, though he...

Email sent and replied to (very fast, which was welcome) not the greatest of news though. I will update this thread with general information when I get it.

I have done that and sent pictures, I am just awaiting a response to those. I would rather have options as I know it will be a long hard slog to get money and taxes returned.

Exactly stopping done kinda defeats the whole object of a 1.2 and tbh I will not be attempting a repair myself as i simply don't trust myself and indeed why should I if the option of returning it is there. There must be someone who would look at it though?

I recently bought on Ebay from America a very nice Canon 50mm 1.2 Ltm with the fairly rare hood included. On closer inspection, after delivery I noticed a small patch of separation. How easy, how much and where could I look to get this repaired? I will send it back if need be but otherwise it is...

In my original post I didn't argue that one was better than the other, but that the argument was becoming less and less relevant.