wasn't, he wants me to take care of his auctions, he got bored with them, so I go on and list and so on wo while i was there i was looking, now i am on mine and will bid..lol..yea I see what ur talking about on the scratches, maybe your lens? i know some of mine looked like that and i cleaned the lens with an alcohol pad and it took what ever was on it off and haven't had anymore issues...might try that..rita