Just arrived--it looks brand new. Not a mark on it anywhere. Seems like it's working fine. The only thing I notice is that when manually focusing the lens, the end of the lens (where you adjust focus) is a bit unsteady and the image shifts slightly when I let go of the focusing ring. (I don't have that slop in my Maxxum lenses.) No issues during autofocus though. Could be because it's the 18-55mm kit lens. Can't complain though--I paid less for this kit than what a body only is going for on eBay (on average). Glad I caught it, as it was only listed for a very short time with six bids on it already. Surprised nobody else grabbed it!
It looks like longer zooms are not too unreasonable, but I was looking for a prime lens with a wider aperture, as well as a wide-angle zoom. They seem a bit more expensive than the Maxxum/Sony lenses I've seen. Don't need anything now, although something like a 50mm equivalent with a 1.7 or 1.8 aperture (that isn't one of Canon's "L" lenses) would be nice to find.
The original receipt came with the camera--with tax they paid $710 for this! The top is cut off of the receipt, but payment method showed "QCard" so I'm thinking it could have been one of those QVC deals.
It looks like longer zooms are not too unreasonable, but I was looking for a prime lens with a wider aperture, as well as a wide-angle zoom. They seem a bit more expensive than the Maxxum/Sony lenses I've seen. Don't need anything now, although something like a 50mm equivalent with a 1.7 or 1.8 aperture (that isn't one of Canon's "L" lenses) would be nice to find.
The original receipt came with the camera--with tax they paid $710 for this! The top is cut off of the receipt, but payment method showed "QCard" so I'm thinking it could have been one of those QVC deals.