Dealing with a Dimpled Prism

The printing is not the wrong way round. this picture was taken in a mirror…

I’ve bought another camera. This happens. I think my camera buying hobby is now slightly cheaper than golf. Although I don’t know how much golf costs. Anyhoo, I went full-on brave for this one, I ordered it from Japan. For some reason the most interesting second hand buys are coming from there. You have to be careful about import duty and whatnot, so they are not quite the bargains that they appear when you first see them. However, I thought it was worth the risk. The seller had 100% feedback and seemed to have sold a lot of stuff so I took the plunge.

The camera arrived last week. Above is a crop from the first picture I took with it. If you look carefully you can see some dimples in top part of the camera. These weren’t on the pictures attached to the listing. There were some marks on the box that indicated damage during transit. At first I decided to live with them as a natural consequence of having something posted half way around the world. But then I decided that since I’d paid for a non-dimpled prism I might as well see if I can get one. I raised the issue with the supplier and they just said “OK, we’ll send you another one without dimples”. Amazing stuff. Very pleased. If you are thinking of buying a camera from Japan I can recommend them. You can find them here.