This is the mount of my 20-year-old AF Nikkor 85mm. If you are worried about buying used equipment that is in “mint” condition, if you clean your gear obsessively, if you concern yourself with removing every speck of dust from a lens, or if you think that wear marks on cameras “lower their value,” perhaps photography isn’t for you.

This is the mount of my 20-year-old AF Nikkor 85mm. If you are worried about buying used equipment that is in "mint" condition, if you clean your gear obsessively, if you concern yourself with removing every speck of dust from a lens, or if you think that wear marks on cameras "lower their value," perhaps photography isn't for you.

This is the mount of my 20-year-old AF Nikkor 85mm. If you are worried about buying used equipment that is in “mint” condition, if you clean your gear obsessively, if you concern yourself with removing every speck of dust from a lens, or if you think that wear marks on cameras “lower their value,” perhaps photography isn’t for you.