07-26-2010, 09:40 AM
I received my Nikon 24-70 coffee mug last week.
Here are some pictures and a quick "review" of the lens mug:
Packaging: It comes in a Nikon style gold colour box. Unfortunately the sell decided to use that box as the actual shipping packaging so by the time i received it, the box is already in a very bad shape with tapes and stickers all over it. I've contacted the seller and he promised he'll send me another box. So i'll take a photo bo the box once i received my replacement. Inside the box, the lens is sitting in a little black coloured bag like this:
![[Image: 4817481189_3f5c4b68ea_b.jpg]](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/4817481189_3f5c4b68ea_b.jpg)
And inside the bag is the actual coffee mug itself, there is no other packaging or instruction manuals (okay, who needs instruction manual for a coffee mug)
Look and feel: If you see if from far away, you may think it's the real Nikon 24-70 lens as they are exactly the same size with all the markings, letters, logos, switch on it. But while it look 85% like the real one, once you look at it from a closer distance, you'll notice the plastic is much much lower quality, the letters on the lens are painted with a very different gold colour. It's a lot more yellow than gold and the quality of the painting is a lot worse than expected. Still not bad as a coffee mug but just nowhere as good as the photos i saw on the net.
![[Image: 4826553838_6cda61aaa4_b.jpg]](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4118/4826553838_6cda61aaa4_b.jpg)
Build Quality: Metal body with plastic cover. Not Nikon Pro lens quality i'm afraid. But okay as a coffee mug
![[Image: 4825939247_b7b126d700_b.jpg]](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4825939247_b7b126d700_b.jpg)
Optical Quality: As good as any top quality coffee mug. I see no dust or fungus on my copy.. not yet at least
Features: Top and bottom lens cover can be removed. The top lens cover is the mug lid . The bottom cover is more or less just a decoration. But still quite fun that you can actually remove it as well as i wasn't expecting that. Apart from that, nothing is functional or movable.
![[Image: 4826549670_0672fed456_b.jpg]](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4135/4826549670_0672fed456_b.jpg)
![[Image: 4826548806_4a3b6f4473_b.jpg]](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4826548806_4a3b6f4473_b.jpg)
Value for money:
I paid just under US$30 for the mug including international shipping. It's definitely not cheap for a coffee mug. But for Nikon camera user and keen photographers like us, it's quite a small price to pay for a useful "collector" item to have on our computer desk?
Here are some pictures and a quick "review" of the lens mug:
Packaging: It comes in a Nikon style gold colour box. Unfortunately the sell decided to use that box as the actual shipping packaging so by the time i received it, the box is already in a very bad shape with tapes and stickers all over it. I've contacted the seller and he promised he'll send me another box. So i'll take a photo bo the box once i received my replacement. Inside the box, the lens is sitting in a little black coloured bag like this:
And inside the bag is the actual coffee mug itself, there is no other packaging or instruction manuals (okay, who needs instruction manual for a coffee mug)
Look and feel: If you see if from far away, you may think it's the real Nikon 24-70 lens as they are exactly the same size with all the markings, letters, logos, switch on it. But while it look 85% like the real one, once you look at it from a closer distance, you'll notice the plastic is much much lower quality, the letters on the lens are painted with a very different gold colour. It's a lot more yellow than gold and the quality of the painting is a lot worse than expected. Still not bad as a coffee mug but just nowhere as good as the photos i saw on the net.
Build Quality: Metal body with plastic cover. Not Nikon Pro lens quality i'm afraid. But okay as a coffee mug
Optical Quality: As good as any top quality coffee mug. I see no dust or fungus on my copy.. not yet at least
Features: Top and bottom lens cover can be removed. The top lens cover is the mug lid . The bottom cover is more or less just a decoration. But still quite fun that you can actually remove it as well as i wasn't expecting that. Apart from that, nothing is functional or movable.
Value for money:
I paid just under US$30 for the mug including international shipping. It's definitely not cheap for a coffee mug. But for Nikon camera user and keen photographers like us, it's quite a small price to pay for a useful "collector" item to have on our computer desk?
