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JohnBar
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FotoPete
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FotoPete wrote:
Reminds me of seeing a thread (irc) showing polished chrome versions of some forum classics where the seller had rubbed off the black paint lol
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calvin83
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calvin83 wrote:
Someone tried 'paint' this chrome lens black.
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luisalegria
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luisalegria wrote:
Some fool uglified a beautiful lens.
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David
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David wrote:
Reminds me of a lens I've seen on eBay lately, an old Takumar, where someone appears to have removed some of the barrel paint (it actually looks good) and is calling the lens a 'rare Takumar zebra.'
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konicamera
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konicamera wrote:
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| Reminds me of a lens I've seen on eBay lately, an old Takumar, where someone appears to have removed some of the barrel paint (it actually looks good) and is calling the lens a 'rare Takumar zebra.' |
So rare in fact, that he had several for sale, ha ha ha
There's a sucker out there born every minute or, as Attlla likes to put it (I just love this saying): "The mother of idiots is always pregnant" 
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philslizzy
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philslizzy wrote:
It would clean up easily enough with a little paint remover applied with a brush, then a polish.
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