What's wrong with this picture?

[George Slusher]

From an auction of a Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L lens on eBay.





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[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

Nothing wrong George, it's an early model of the 24-70, the AF/MF switch is different, Canon modified the switch on later version to prevent photographersfrom accidently turn it from AF to MF. I believe the same kind of switch was used on the early model of the 70-200 f/2.8L IS.


Here is the later version's AF/MF switch.


http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8566562

[George Slusher]

Look again, higher up.

[George Slusher]

Much higher up.

[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

Yeah I thought about the UV filter but what's wrong with Hoya UV filter from the Phillipines? []


I've seen a lot of peopleputting cheap UV filter on their high end glass. Other than the UV filter, I don't see anything else though....

[George Slusher]

That's the point. Why pay $1200-1300 for a lens and put a cheap filter in front? Those are the lowest-quality filters Hoya makes. They may be a slight step above "Crystal Optics" and the no-name brands, but not much. If you can afford a $1200 lens, you can afford at least a Hoya HMC filter.