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<blockquote data-quote="wildshots" data-source="post: 820343" data-attributes="member: 52997"><p>I'm back. Sometimes you just gotta find someone to tell stuff to. Ran across a 'damaged' 'parts only' Tamron 18-400 online. Description said that zoom was stuck. I took a quick trip to Youtube, found a disassembly/assembly video and decided to chance it. I messaged the seller, a camera shop in New Jersey. I asked if there was damage consistent with the lens being dropped. The seller promptly replied that there was no visible damage to the lens. I ordered, he/she shipped. It came in the mail today. The lens appears new, unused. I cranked the zoom, it zoomed. There is a stiff spot out around 300mm but nothing I'm not used to with both Tamron and Nikon lenses. I attached the lens to an old D7100, walked out into the back yard and took a few shots. The lens functions perfectly, zoom, focus, vibration and the lock. I processed a few shots, they looked good. I did the EXIF to verify that the focal length was out to the full 400mm. It is. Only guess I have is that a really advanced photographer just didn't like the stiff spot and returned it. The lens came to me in the original box with all the paperwork, both caps and the lens shade. There is a 'defective' sticker on the side of the box and 'damaged, zoom stuck' note written with a Sharpie. I think someone just didn't know or didn't care to test the lens. I can't find anything wrong with it. Unless I do, I'm very happy with the lens for $270. Decent light today, I will be giving it a workout.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wildshots, post: 820343, member: 52997"] I'm back. Sometimes you just gotta find someone to tell stuff to. Ran across a 'damaged' 'parts only' Tamron 18-400 online. Description said that zoom was stuck. I took a quick trip to Youtube, found a disassembly/assembly video and decided to chance it. I messaged the seller, a camera shop in New Jersey. I asked if there was damage consistent with the lens being dropped. The seller promptly replied that there was no visible damage to the lens. I ordered, he/she shipped. It came in the mail today. The lens appears new, unused. I cranked the zoom, it zoomed. There is a stiff spot out around 300mm but nothing I'm not used to with both Tamron and Nikon lenses. I attached the lens to an old D7100, walked out into the back yard and took a few shots. The lens functions perfectly, zoom, focus, vibration and the lock. I processed a few shots, they looked good. I did the EXIF to verify that the focal length was out to the full 400mm. It is. Only guess I have is that a really advanced photographer just didn't like the stiff spot and returned it. The lens came to me in the original box with all the paperwork, both caps and the lens shade. There is a 'defective' sticker on the side of the box and 'damaged, zoom stuck' note written with a Sharpie. I think someone just didn't know or didn't care to test the lens. I can't find anything wrong with it. Unless I do, I'm very happy with the lens for $270. Decent light today, I will be giving it a workout. [/QUOTE]
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