Lensauthority rating on used: passed vs exceptional?

5 years 2 months ago #630034 by Victoria A
I'm looking at a lens for sale on Lensauthority and wondering what is the difference between passed and exceptional?  The lens I'm looking at has Costmetics as 'Exceptional', Performance as 'Passed' and Glass as 'Exceptional'.  I'm curious what could be wrong with the Performance to not be 'Exceptional'?

Have you bought from these guys before?


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5 years 2 months ago #630047 by Nikon Shooter
I understand that a performance test brought the result "passed"
— and not failed… that one would be bad but passed means that
it performed as it should; even if claimed "exceptional", it could not
perform better that it should. No problem here.

The other two, cosmetics and glass, may suffer from wear and tear
or scratch and fungus etc. Exceptional means that none of these
are qualifying that lens. Sounds good to me! :P

Light is free… capturing it is not!
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5 years 2 months ago #630057 by Victoria A
OK, so passed is not a bad thing.  Excellent to know.  Thank you!


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5 years 2 months ago #630267 by Farestad
Average and nothing wrong with it, but NOT like new (exceptional condition). 

EF 50mm f/1.4
EF 35mm f/1.4L USM
EF 100mm f/2
EF 70-200mm f/4
EF 18-55mm
EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

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5 years 2 months ago #630411 by No Show
Aren't all these used lenses and such on their site from their rental gear?  

D300| Nikkor 24-70mm 2.8 | Nikkor 70-200mm VR 2.8 | Nikkor 50mm 1.8 | Nikon 2x Teleconverter | Sigma 105mm 2.8 | Tokina 12-24
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5 years 2 months ago #630531 by Fishtaco
Isn't that just asking for problems?  Buying rental gear left overs? 


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