Wanted No longer needed - Front element assembly for EF 28-90 4-5.6 (UK)

Discussion in 'Sell/Trade/Wanted' started by Marcus Rowland, Mar 12, 2020.

  1. Marcus Rowland

    Marcus Rowland Member Site Supporter

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    Location:
    London, United Kingdom
    Equipment:
    Eos 600D, Canon 18-55mm, Yongnuo 50mm f1.8, lots of adapters for other lenses
    Nikon D7000, Nikon 18-70, Tamron XR 28-300mm, Nikon AF 50mm 1.4, Samyang 8mm f3.8, Sigma EX 50 2.8D macro, Sigma APO 170-500 5-6.3D, etc.
    Panasonic Lumix G1, 14-42 3.5-5.6, lots of adapters
    Pentax K200, Pentax 18-55mm, Pentax 50mm f1.7, Helios-KM 58mm f2
    Sony A230, Sony 18-70 3.5-5.6, Minolta 50mm f1.7
    Sony A7 (full frame e-mount), 18-55, several adapters
    Sony DSC-V1 with infrared kit.
    FLIR One thermal imaging camera for iPhone
    I've got an EF 28-90 4-5.6 (I think model II but I'm not entirely sure, the label is more or less unreadable) with a badly damaged front element - it's more or less opaque because something weird is going on between the layers of glass, looks like the cement is going bad, but so far as I can tell the electronics and motor are OK. It occurred to me to wonder if anyone here has one that's gone wrong for some other reason. My aim here is to fix it and sell it on, but they don't go for much money so I can't really pay much.

    I've thought about trying the cheapo macro conversion instead, but it doesn't seem to work particularly well with this lens compared to the results I've seen from a 35-80.
     

  2. Marcus Rowland

    Marcus Rowland Member Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Apr 23, 2017
    Messages:
    444
    Location:
    London, United Kingdom
    Equipment:
    Eos 600D, Canon 18-55mm, Yongnuo 50mm f1.8, lots of adapters for other lenses
    Nikon D7000, Nikon 18-70, Tamron XR 28-300mm, Nikon AF 50mm 1.4, Samyang 8mm f3.8, Sigma EX 50 2.8D macro, Sigma APO 170-500 5-6.3D, etc.
    Panasonic Lumix G1, 14-42 3.5-5.6, lots of adapters
    Pentax K200, Pentax 18-55mm, Pentax 50mm f1.7, Helios-KM 58mm f2
    Sony A230, Sony 18-70 3.5-5.6, Minolta 50mm f1.7
    Sony A7 (full frame e-mount), 18-55, several adapters
    Sony DSC-V1 with infrared kit.
    FLIR One thermal imaging camera for iPhone
    Sold the lens as it was, for spares - apparently I missed a message that someone has a front assembly, for which many apologies.
     

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