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<blockquote data-quote="Claudia!" data-source="post: 213611" data-attributes="member: 8139">Re: Nikkor 55-300 vs 7--300I had convinced myself to keep it. The day after I made my choice, I decided to take it out for a spin. I tried it out at a local park. I shot at small and large apertures and with different lenses that day. When I went home to review the photos, I saw the big dust spot that was on the inside of the front glass on the photos. The spot only appeared on photos I took with the 70-300. It only appeared on photos above f/5.6 It was very obvious it was the dust spot I spoke of. The next day I decided to return it. It was not worth the hassle or issues for a new lens. I love the lens and quality but would rather get a better one down the road. I plan to purchase another one as soon as I find one that I feel is right. Best Buy did offer to exchange it for another but that batched all seemed to have similar issues if not worse. I purchased warranty with it. They offered to send it in. Though they where trying their best to help me out, I still felt that it was not worth it from a new lens. I do miss it though. I only had it for a week and fell in love with it. One day soon, I will have it again. Thank you Lee for your reply. I am glad you had a good turn out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Claudia!, post: 213611, member: 8139"] [b]Re: Nikkor 55-300 vs 7--300[/b] I had convinced myself to keep it. The day after I made my choice, I decided to take it out for a spin. I tried it out at a local park. I shot at small and large apertures and with different lenses that day. When I went home to review the photos, I saw the big dust spot that was on the inside of the front glass on the photos. The spot only appeared on photos I took with the 70-300. It only appeared on photos above f/5.6 It was very obvious it was the dust spot I spoke of. The next day I decided to return it. It was not worth the hassle or issues for a new lens. I love the lens and quality but would rather get a better one down the road. I plan to purchase another one as soon as I find one that I feel is right. Best Buy did offer to exchange it for another but that batched all seemed to have similar issues if not worse. I purchased warranty with it. They offered to send it in. Though they where trying their best to help me out, I still felt that it was not worth it from a new lens. I do miss it though. I only had it for a week and fell in love with it. One day soon, I will have it again. Thank you Lee for your reply. I am glad you had a good turn out. [/QUOTE]

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