I worry less about obvious major damage to cameras and lenses than I do about more subtle and hard-to-spot degradation of sensitive alignments. When a camera or lens is jostled and bounced without adequate protection over days and many hours of transportation, there can be subtle misalignments of optical elements, autofocus motors & settings, and sensor and IBIS mechanisms that will degrade performance without causing an outright malfunction. Some of what is attributed to copy variation may in fact be packaging variation.
B&H is at fault for poor packaging. So often has been Amazon, though I notice that Amazon is doing much better with protecting the books they sell.
When I sell gear, I go to a lot of extra trouble to pack it with maximum protection. My experience is that B&H does not do the same.
I worry less about obvious major damage to cameras and lenses than I do about more subtle and hard-to-spot degradation of sensitive alignments. When a camera or lens is jostled and bounced without adequate protection over days and many hours of transportation, there can be subtle misalignments of optical elements, autofocus motors & settings, and sensor and IBIS mechanisms that will degrade performance without causing an outright malfunction.Some of what is attributed to copy variation may in fact be packaging variation.
B&H is at fault for poor packaging. So often has been Amazon, though I notice that Amazon is doing much better with protecting the books they sell.
When I sell gear, I go to a lot of extra trouble to pack it with maximum protection. My experience is that B&H does not do the same.
I worry less about obvious major damage to cameras and lenses than I do about more subtle and hard-to-spot degradation of sensitive alignments. When a camera or lens is jostled and bounced without adequate protection over days and many hours of transportation, there can be subtle misalignments of optical elements, autofocus motors & settings, and sensor and IBIS mechanisms that will degrade performance without causing an outright malfunction.Some of what is attributed to copy variation may in fact be packaging variation.
B&H is at fault for poor packaging. So often has been Amazon, though I notice that Amazon is doing much better with protecting the books they sell.
When I sell gear, I go to a lot of extra trouble to pack it with maximum protection. My experience is that B&H does not do the same.
I worry less about obvious major damage to cameras and lenses than I do about more subtle and hard-to-spot degradation of sensitive alignments. When a camera or lens is jostled and bounced without adequate protection over hours and days of transportation, there can be subtle misalignments of optical elements, autofocus motors & settings, and sensor and IBIS mechanisms that will degrade performance without causing an outright malfunction.Some of what is attributed to copy variation may in fact be packaging variation.
B&H is at fault for poor packaging. So often has been Amazon, though I notice that Amazon is doing much better with protecting the books they sell.
When I sell gear, I go to a lot of extra trouble to pack it with maximum protection. My experience is that B&H does not do the same.
Jun 06, 2026 at 01:32 PM
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