Mint and MINT +, or++

All mint equipment is a piece of equipment which has had little or no signs of use. MINT + and ++ is impossible to tell from new.

Mint-

Mint minus is when a piece of equipment is close to new condition and although is being sold as used it probably has had minimum use. It would have very minimum or no signs of wear or cosmetic blemishing.

Ex++

Excellent Plus Plus is when a piece of equipment is still in lovely condition and is very near to mint minus but may have one or two small cosmetic blemishes or light marks. Lenses would be optically clean.

Ex+

Excellent Plus shows obvious signs of use. Lenses would be optically fine but may have some slight dust in which shouldn't affect image quality.

Exc-

Excellent minus is when a piece of equipment is average condition with quite a few more cosmetic blemishes and general signs of use, but no heavy knocks. Lenses may have dust and minor optical blemishes, which wouldn't affect image quality.

Fair

Fair equipment has a lot of signs of use with cosmetic blemishes and marks, which may include cosmetic knocks. Most of the equipment that has this rating has had Pro use. Lenses may have dusty and/or optical blemishes which shouldn't affect image quality. This is the lowest users grade.