At 12:00 PM 12/17/2000 -0800, Kelton Rhoads wrote:
>I'm not an expert on lens grading, but I'd like to be--specifically
>regarding Zuikos. Does anybody have a utilitarian grading system they'd
>be willing to share, especially regarding Zuikos? Or perhaps you know of
>a URL that gives a good grading system? I'd like to sell a couple of
>Zuikos but don't know how to grade them, and get really insecure when
>trying to distinguish between an 8+ and a 9-, and a 9+ from a 10-. Help
>appreciated, thanks, Kelton.
Kelton:
Nothing replaces an excellent textual description of the lens along with
excellent photographs of the lens. Seriously. I don't pay attention to
gradings -- seems to me there are too many people out there who believe they
can call something a "10-" even if it has "cleaning marks" (lovely euphemism,
that) that look like they were inscribed into the lens front with steel wool.
Garth
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