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I am so unhappy to see this in one of my favourite lens.
Does anyone how can I remove the extra bit off?
Also how could this happen?
As I can find anything scratched it, no marks can be found anywhere..:shake:
 
Hi.
It looks like tha paint has 'smudged' eather in production or perhaos with the heat of your hand, how is the all inportent optical performance?
 
Ugh :gag:

Have you got it near acid or solvents?

It looks like it's been "melted" by a chemical, rather than heat..

A.
 
Holden Caulfield said:
Hi.
It looks like tha paint has 'smudged' eather in production or perhaos with the heat of your hand, how is the all inportent optical performance?
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I guess it must be the hot weather in Hong Kong :shake:
I haven't try the optical performance yet.
 
Anorakus said:
Ugh :gag:

Have you got it near acid or solvents?

It looks like it's been "melted" by a chemical, rather than heat..

A.
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It's in my bag for days.but I take my bag out everyday though
 
Nothing happened to the optical performance.
Still great!
 
Mosquito repellent will do this to camera markings.
 
Looks as though something has 'hit' the barrel and carried on over the writing... (the damage starts before the writing if you know what I mean)
 
You've bashed it, that much is obvious. Touch it up with paint, or send it off to have the panel replaced. I wouldn't buy a lens with damage marks like that.
 
Forget it. You have a one off there mate, it will increase the trade in price.
 
kevin612 said:
Are you two serious?
I don't know if it will realli work
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It happened to me in Australia the mossi repellent got on my hands and affected the paintwork on the camera body.
 
It's called a 'scratch' and occasionally happens when cameras are taken out of the box and used to actually 'take photos'.

Congratulations - you are now a member of the select band of people on this forum who actually uses his equipment for the purpose it was designed for instead of using it as jewellery...
 
Arkady said:
It's called a 'scratch' and occasionally happens when cameras are taken out of the box and used to actually 'take photos'.

Congratulations - you are now a member of the select band of people on this forum who actually uses his equipment for the purpose it was designed for instead of using it as jewellery...
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Yea I do use my equipments for the purpose it was designed:p
but then I still take good care of them like jewelery but unfortuneately this had happened :'(
 
HoppyUK said:
You've bashed it, that much is obvious.
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I'd agree, there is obvious impact damage and scratching as well as smudged paint, but as long as it still works optically/mechanically ok, wouldnt worry about it too much, I doubt anyone is going to be looking at so closely at your lens that they will be saying "oh, not wanting to see his pictures, he uses a lens thats been bashed a bit"
 
Seriously, I have never read such pooh in my life. Jacobs kindly showed the same lens in their book and a shot shows there is no wording missing or damaged on the lens. It is extra paint due to a corruption of the computerised paint gun. As I said its worth a few extra bob as a one off.
 
classcams said:
Seriously, I have never read such pooh in my life. Jacobs kindly showed the same lens in their book and a shot shows there is no wording missing or damaged on the lens. It is extra paint due to a corruption of the computerised paint gun. As I said its worth a few extra bob as a one off.
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I doubt the OP would have accepted it in its present condition. Also, did the spraygun make sharp contact with the barrel before applying the paint in a drunken stupor....?

Or then again, you could have your tongue well and truly in the extremity of your mouth :D
 
kevin612 said:
Are you two serious?
I don't know if it will realli work
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I don't understand what you mean when you ask if this will really work. I'm saying this is what may have caused the original damage. I wasn't suggesting using mosquito repellant to remove the smear. However, you could try it I suppose, if you really wanted to.

Anyway, there is some confusion here as to what the actual damage is. Some people think you have banged it and chipped the black off, whereas others, like myself, think the print has been smudged and smeared. As I (and namllihs) said, mosquito repellant will do this. You rub it on yourself in the usual fashion, wipe your hands (or not), pick up the camera and say goodbye to your markings. It only takes a little residue on your hands. I have a video camera with some of the markings gone, fortunately mostly the manufacturers logo.
 
Sun tan lotion?

Amongst other things I used to do balloon modelling. Touch a latex balloon and suntan lotion will eat right through it.

Be careful if you're having protected sex on the beach!!
 
I got duck poo on my 70-200, took me three weeks to remember to clean it off. I did have to attend to it for taking pics of wedding speeches, not good to have duck poo at dinner :)
 
AliB said:
I got duck poo on my 70-200, took me three weeks to remember to clean it off. I did have to attend to it for taking pics of wedding speeches, not good to have duck poo at dinner :)
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:gag:
 
Arkady said:
It's called a 'scratch' and occasionally happens when cameras are taken out of the box and used to actually 'take photos'.

Congratulations - you are now a member of the select band of people on this forum who actually uses his equipment for the purpose it was designed for instead of using it as jewellery...
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The handbags are out! :D
 
It's not obvious, to me at least, where this extra snudge of paint has come from. This is from the Tokina website:

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I tend to agree with those who ask does it really matter, as long as the lens functions correctly. Over time my kit wears, gets scratched and paint rubs. My 35mm kit was tatty by the time it retired, I hope my digital cameras last long enough to get tatty.
 
foodpoison said:
You forgot chanel :p
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And Prada. I am advised by my premier handbag consultant that Prada vs Chanel is the valid comparison.

And while this is insignificant in the great scheme of life, right now it seems infinitely more important than a scratched Tamron lens :shrug:
 
HoppyUK said:
And Prada. I am advised by my premier handbag consultant that Prada vs Chanel is the valid comparison.

And while this is insignificant in the great scheme of life, right now it seems infinitely more important than a scratched Tamron lens :shrug:
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...yes... and it IS scratched - you can clearly see deformation of the word 'Tokina' across the 'n' and 'a' - and scuffage to the left of the gold line above the letters 'SD'..

Paint blobs my bleeding 'arris...
 
Ah, so a base layer of yellow paint with black paint scratched off the surface, I can see it now.
 
looks like a scuff to me.
There is a scuff like mark beside the range window to start with (look at the top edge, it has a silver loking mark that is in line with the yellowy smudge).

The black paint has been scuffed off, leaving the layer of yellowy gold exposed. Easier to paint the barrel yellow, then paint the black over that than it is to paint the relief yellow.

A zip, camera strap buckle, bag buckle or anything like that would easily create this kind of mark - even while over your shoulder - I wouldn't worry about it. If it does trouble you, paint over it with some black enamel.
 
Hi everyone,
I was still not happy about this.
But then finally got used to it now.
But if I want to sell this, no one would like to have it right?
The optics are still perfect,only that bit is not so good~~
And boxed..
Can sell for 260?
 
kevin612 said:
Hi everyone,
I was still not happy about this.
But then finally got used to it now.
But if I want to sell this, no one would like to have it right?
The optics are still perfect,only that bit is not so good~~
And boxed..
Can sell for 260?
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if you want to sell it then post in the classifieds ;)
 
I suspect that panel is screen printed ... first with the yellow then with the black.
something like a solvent has attacked the black layer and expose the yellow underneath.
tokina could no doubt supply a spare, though it may or may not be difficult to fit.
Worth asking though.
 
It most definitely looks like it's had quite a bash for it to scrape the paint off right down to the base! :eek: The other scratches confirm this. TBBH I wouldn't buy a lens in such condition, as I'd be scared of buying something with bits loose, or out of place inside.
 
Jo said:
It most definitely looks like it's had quite a bash for it to scrape the paint off right down to the base! :eek: The other scratches confirm this. TBBH I wouldn't buy a lens in such condition, as I'd be scared of buying something with bits loose, or out of place inside.
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It never bash anything..
I cant see anything happened in my bag too.
Just unlucky to see that happened...
All other lenses in my bag are perfectly fine.
Just this Tokina is unlucky..
 
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