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maldaye
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 Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 7:36 pm Post subject: Nikon Holy Trinity Brother - Damaged - Salvagable? |
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maldaye wrote:
Hi,
I am looking at this auction: http://www.ebay.com/itm/171239370064?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Any ideas from experienced folks here if this is repairable based on the description? I know if there is fungus or a problem with the aperature blade those gets fixed, but what about a chip to the mount?
Thoughts? And before the auction ends preferably  |
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luisalegria
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| Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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luisalegria wrote:
Repairable if you have the spare part.
The bidding is running rather high for a bargain though.
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maldaye
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| Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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maldaye wrote:
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Repairable if you have the spare part.
The bidding is running rather high for a bargain though. |
Really? This lens usually go for 1k on ebay. What would be the higest one should pay for this? |
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luisalegria
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| Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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luisalegria wrote:
My rule of thumb on a repairable lens is maybe 25% of probable resale, all else being equal.
Because you are taking a risk on the "repairable", as its not a certainty.
You are placing a bet.
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bernhardas
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bernhardas wrote:
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hinnerker
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| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 9:25 am Post subject: |
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hinnerker wrote:
A spare part costs about 25 Euro in germany from Nikon directly.
Did do such a repair about 1 year ago.. and if you dont have to left hands, everyone could do that.
The buyer really did make a bargain...
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maldaye
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maldaye wrote:
I bought 4 damaged/as-is/spare part lenses on ebay as one package. They all arrived. I tested them and here is what is what:
Nikon AF 20mm - plastic chipped in front - takes clean pictures - af & mf works - no damage to glass visible and no fungus - $90
Nikon AF 28mm - takes picture - af & mf works - slight scratch on glass - a bit dark in the view finder - the pictures come out clean. $42
Nikon AF 50 1.8 D - might have a spot of fungus - AF & MF works - auto focus a bit slow but works - takes pictures and they come out clean $39
Nikon AF 300mm F4 ED - missing front element $69
The first 3 work fine as they are and don't need to be serviced to take pictures. I can service them later and the cost would be around $15-35 per lens. The 4th I have no idea how much the cost of a front element replacement would be nor where I would go to buy one. We do have a nikon service center here, but their price tends to be a tad higher than 3rd party repair shops where such a manual labor itself would be around $25-35.
Assuming I can get the 4th lens fixed, did I get a bargain on this deal? |
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