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Hi all I won this lens one eBay http://biSPAM/1gPldaE

I have had messages saying manual focus works fine and also if my camera has focus confirmations it will work on the lens. Is the price and faults worth £195?

Thank you
 
That really depend on what how your using it.. I wouldnt touch it with a barge pole as I ahvent the time to turn off and on again for autofocus or i will miss the shot...

Unless your only shooting static then i wouldnt bother.. but if your shooting anything moving and autofocus loses...

to be fair its listed as spares repair.. and as you can get a fixed used one for about 450 this really doesnt look economical..

But thats my opinion.. other may think the opposite :)
 
It could be something and nothing, so if you've bid, you should pay. I'd then send it to a repair centre to see what is wrong with it, and how much a fix will cost.
 
You won the auction for this lens, described as 'For parts or not working'. The seller described the fault with the auto-focus, so you've already taken the risk, and are committed to paying for it unless there is some other undisclosed fault.

Is it worth £195? I haven't a clue, that depends whether you're able to use it in its present condition, and/or what it would cost to repair.
 
You bidded and won, therefore you entered into a contract with the seller so you should pay.
You don't have a valid reason to pull out of the deal, it was advertised as faulty and you were fully aware of that when you bidded.
Personally I probably wouldn't have bothered as it's an early model so Sigma may not want to repair it though I bought one on here last year which had recently had a replacement AF motor fitted by them so there's every chance they will still support it.
The only problem is if it costs you more than say, £100 you could have bought a much later model which was fully working.
Sigma's service tarriff says £132 for "Focus / zoom / aperture / circuit" repair on the later DG version, that won't include your postage costs to them though it will probably cover the cost for them to return it to you. ;)
 
Looks like some poor e-Bay seller's going to get stiffed...
 
Worst case it will cost you for a repair.
Best case - it may be like a Tamron I bought, it worked fine and then occasionally stopped focusing. I had to either turn the camera on & off or remove the lens and re-fit it. After a very careful clean of all the lens and camera contacts the fault disappeared :clap:
 
Too late to ponder if it's worth the risk now you have won it. You should have thought about that before bidding.
 
Shaunbailey said:
Hi all I won this lens one eBay http://biSPAM/1gPldaE

I have had messages saying manual focus works fine and also if my camera has focus confirmations it will work on the lens. Is the price and faults worth £195?

Thank you
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Is it worth the £195 you are now committed to paying?

In my opinion, no. It might repair quite cheap, but more likely £130-£180 minimum for an AF repair from Sigma. You could actually buy a Nikkor 80-200mm F2.8 lens for under £350 and that will focus. If you look round you can buy 70-200mm F2.8 sigma lenses for ~300
 
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