guys it was the unboxed one, i phoned up first to see if it did and they said yes, plus they didnt even give me a call yesterday to say the courier had problems at the depot, i rang this morning and they said the same thing it does have a lens hood, i think they meant a lens cap.

Have been trying the lens with a rubber hood from my fuji 52mm but there is some noticable vignetting top left and bottom right of V/Finder. Thats no good for me. The pic quality is better than my 28-80 and the focal distance is much closer too, good thing.

John would it be poss if i can buy from you direct ???? my lens turned up today without it

park cameras, i ordered the lens on wednesday and they said it would be next day delivery and still no lens .............. my parnter had to stay in all day waiting....... I dont think they are so great......

hey all just an update for ya, waiting for my lens to arrive, should be here soon I hope, as soon as i can i will post a link with the test image on it. hope its good......

only on the odd occassion will i play games but because i have literally 10-20 programs running at the same time this fits my lifestyle pretty well, the one you looked is a good enough laptop to cope with your demands. And also having windows 7 installed will be even better for you......

so in all fairness what you trying to say is its a bloody good lens and reliable ??? I am still considering it if everyone is happy using it and almost everyone on here has one then i'll get it, would it be useful for wedding photography as well ????

i think i will stick to my ds for now until i pay of my laptop, went ott on it.

thanks john but thinking of buying new 18-55 with hood i would of said yes if it was for my tamron lens

I would say yes to that. If you got the funds to do it think carefully. The price is about right for this type of laptop unlike mine link

this is why i cant afford a new camera lol.

jackitec this is the one i want to get



its not the WR version its MK2


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