I think this is a common problem for the 65-200, I have came across two, it
is not fungus but some oil evaporate on the glass surface. I had one that
the oil came back very soon (one to two months) after cleaning.
The last one I got from The Wall Street Camera Inc. NY through ebay was
uncleanable and there were other problems too. They agreed a refund, one
month after they got the lens back a check finally arrived with a wrong
name. I have sent a lots of email to them, their response on claim were very
slow. I have double reminded them the check must be clean with a right name,
I don't think the wrong check was just by accident, please be careful about
this camera shop. The item is at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1353075170
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian Davies" <julian_davies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Hi all!
>
> This is my first posting on the list.
>
> I have a question. How common is fog in the rear of a 65 - 200? I have
been
> trying to buy one for some time and EVERY ONE I have looked at has had fog
> on the third element in from the back. I only noticed this on one of them
> after I had bought it, so I took it back to the shop and had them send it
> away for repair. It came back a bit better, but not much, so I got a
refund,
> but the point is that whatever it is, some damage is being done to the
> element. This means it is probably fungus. Why always the same element?
>
> Any comments?
>
> Julian Davies
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