[Leica] forget about coatings, how about them scratches...

[msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)]

if you do sell or trade lenses on ebay or other list and at some point you
might want to the same with this lens, you have to expect long sale cycle or
very reduced pricing,

On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 10:45 PM, Richard Man
<richard-lists@imagecraft.com>wrote:

> So lets say I am looking at a modern Zeiss lens with T* coating, and
> there's a scratch on it. Lets say 1 inch long and definitely at least as
> deep as the coating. The seller claims the pictures are "nice without
> observed effects from the scratch." The lens normally goes for $1500, but
> this one with the scratch is asking for $1200. What do you think? Worth
> $1000?
>
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> use richard at imagecraft.com)
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