Suspicious Canon FD lenses on auction

[cadillacmike]

<p>This is a tangent to the thread on the Black Breech Ring thread, but it's more serious than that. Look there for the listings. I can't seem to put eb listings here, but I did put the item numbers. You can easily find any item with the item #. I put xxxx in the urls, but that may not work either. </p>

<p>That worked, perhaps Mark can edit the post to make it easier for others to link to these. Again, I do Not recommend anyone buying these items.<br>

<br /> <br />Someone in in Texas has several lenses listed with 'Rare' and 'Gold' being proclaimed, including one already sold. This is disturbing, since I don't recall Canon ever putting out 'Gold' lettering lenses. I thought that perhaps possibly they might have been packaged with the Canon 50th anniversary F-1, but then that camera was sold body only - lenses were separately packaged. I also checked the dates and serial numbers, and found that two widely different serial numbers, 210053 and 3162180 both have the SAME date code on the back?!?!<br /> Sold (SN 210053 date code T608): http://www.xxxx.com/itm/111010324497 <br /> Stlll up (SN 3162180 same T608 date): http://www.xxxx.com/itm/111048306522<br /> These two both claim 'Rare' and 'Gold' which is bogus.<br /> ...<br /> The same person also has other altered lenses with black breech rings, red 'SC' (always white) and gold lettering on a 50/1.4 SSC. These don't claim rare or gold, but they all have black painted breech rings which are obviously painted after the fact, and are being passed off as unaltered originals.<br /> FD 50/1.4 SSC with 'Gold': http://www.xxxx.com/itm/111012311824<br /> FD 50/1.8 SC with red 'SC': http://www.xxxx.com/itm/111055208036<br /> FD 55 / 1.2 SSC w gold letters: http://cgi.xxxx.com/itm/111076354860 (cgi or www works in the url)<br /> Note that the shortest eb URL is the above form with /itm/(item#) after the .com. All of these can be found by just searching on the item numbers in any eb search window:<br /> Sold 50/1.4: Item # 111010324497 <br /> Still up 50/1.4: Item # 111048306522 <br /> 50/1.8 SC: 111055208036 <br /> 50/1.4 SSC: 111012311824 <br /> 55/1.2 SSC: 111076354860 <br /> I would stay away from everything being sold by this person.</p>

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[awahlster]

<p>Yea some one has been doing some painting. </p>

[User_4754088]

<p>What Mark said, he just took one of those gold paint pens and filled in some of the white lettering with the gold paint. And you can tell the breech lock ring was painted over gloss black. Those rings come off pretty easily, and it would take little effort to spray paint one black.</p>

<p>Got to give it to him, he found an easy way to "spruce up" some old Canon lenses and make them look "limited edition". Buyer Beware.</p>

<p>Best,<br>

-Tim</p>

[michael_chuang1]

<p>The gold is needed for photographing the ineffable; this astra4646 person is selling "wide angel " lenses. Regular, gold-less lenses are incapable of capturing <em>any</em> angel, much less the wide ones.</p>

[steve_mareno1]

<p>That makes perfect sense Michael. I was wondering why my angel photography was coming up a cropper. I've sent the wife off to Malwart to buy some gold pens, and will report back on the results. You aren't by any chance THE Michael are you? </p>

[Mike Howard]

<p>He sells them here, too:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/119786078/canon-fd-50mm-f14-lens-rare-gold-edition">LINK</a></p>

[User_502260]

<p>I contacted the seller. He/she claims not to know about the fact that these lenses were just painted.</p>

[bob_miller4]

<p>If no one assigned any value to these kinds of details, no one would bother to invent them. The market will decide how dumb it wants to be.</p>

[mark_littrell]

<p>Don't defend him. A scam is a scam.</p>

[bob_hartemink]

<p>I found something even rarer: a Canon FL screw fit lens. Look at item 380650310789 at the auction site. Never heard of a screw fit FL lens. Or am I missing something (like the mount)?</p>

[rick_janes]

That's not what an FL 50/1.8 looks like when it left the Canon factory...it has some story to tell!

[cadillacmike]

<p>@ Bob;</p>

<p>Someone actually fell for one of those "rare, gold" lenses. Paid over $200 for a lens worth maybe $80-100. I was almost tempted myself, until I sat back, checked the 50th anniversary info and realized something was going on. </p>

<p>Instead I snagged an original LA 50/1.4 new in the box with the instructions and <strong>matching</strong> warranty card. For less money too. It'll go nicely with my mint LA F-1.</p>

[cadillacmike]

<p>I looked up the etsy link and the SAME 210053 SN lens that was supposedly sold a month ago is again up for sale. ?!?!?</p>

 

[thomas_goehler]

<p>Why don't you guys inform ebay about the obvious fraud instead of complaining here?</p>

[cadillacmike]

<p>Tom, <br>

Primary reason is we want to alert readers here as to what's going on. They'll get reported tonight when i get off duty.</p>

[thomas_goehler]

<p>Fine, M ike. Hope you are successful. Lately, ebay has been reacting very reluctantly in these matters in order not to discourage dealers.</p>

<p>BTW: please never call me "Tom"! ;-)</p>

[Mike Howard]

<p>I reported it a week ago, and have had zero response from Ebay. I even made a link to this very thread, not a word.</p>

[thomas_goehler]

<p>Doesn't surprise me, I must say. Ebay is more interested in making money than in morals.</p>

[cadillacmike]

<p>I reported it I'll check to see if it is still there.</p>

<p>Ebay NEVER responds to the user who reports items. the automated ack even states as such.</p>

[d_k_fonseca]

You got to be kidding me. I've been searching and searching about this and I finally found this thread moments after I

purchased. The seller Astra4646 told me these lenses were produced only for factory workers who retired after 20 years

and we're never sold on market. I'm new to collecting FD lenses so I bought it. Darn it!! I'm asking for refund as I write

this. I feel stupid now. Thanks for posting!!

[Alex_Es]

<p>Go to the OP's links. They all say "freelancer" and "Hire workers online."</p>