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Nikon |
Tokina |
Sigma |
Tamron |
General
Impression |
Excellent |
Good |
Good |
Fair |
Color |
Gold |
Silver, dark blue and
asparagus green |
Black, white, red and
gold |
White, black and smoky
blue |
| W x H x D |
|
6.6 x 5.2 x 5.0" |
5.6 x 5.3 x 5.0" |
5.7 x 5.2 x 5.6" |
| Weight W/O lens,
cap or hood |
|
230.0 g / 8.110 oz. |
249.0 g / 8.785 oz* |
|
| Material |
|
22 mil cardboard |
65 mil corrugated |
23 mil cardboard |
| Internal padding |
|
Impressive protective
corrugated cardboard |
Custom nylon carry
case |
Sloppy corrugated cardboard,
little protection against side intrusion |
| Shipping Weight |
|
818.4 g / 28.865 oz. |
783.4 g /27.635 oz. |
591.4 g / 20.860 oz. |
Paperwork |
|
Loose instructions
and warranty card |
Loose instructions,
warranty flyer and card |
Unsealed plastic bag
with a stack of documents: moving notice for Japan office, instructions,
warnings, USA warranty, flash shadow warning, Nikon errata |
Serial
# on box |
on computer sticker |
hand-written on white
stick-on label |
Hole in box looking
at warranty card |
Hole in box looking
at separate s/n sheet and printed sticker on box. |
Silica
Gel |
|
No |
No |
One 6g bag. |
Plastic
Bags |
|
One, unsealed. not
marked for recycling |
Two, marked PE-LD #4
and SIGMA (lens) or 510 (hood). |
Three. One marked TAMRON
and #4 LDPE for lens. Two unmarked for hood and documents. |
Notes |
|
Hood attached and in
same bag as lens. Looks nice when opened: lens and hood are assembled
ready to shoot. Cheesy exterior graphics. Who picked those colors? |
Lens and hood in separate
bags. Hood reversed over lens and both inside of case. Case is
naked (no bag) inside box. Classier packing than the lens' actual
construction quality. |
Nicest stack of documents
but crude packaging against shipping damage. Dumpiest looking
exterior graphics. |
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