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Repair for Canon 70-200?
Andrew Worrall, Photographer
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Columbia | M0 | | Posted: 2:28 AM on 01.06.10 |
->> I was shooting photos at a fire station last night - during the shoot my a tripod collapsed and my Mk II / 70-200 took about a 5 foot fall onto the concrete floor of the bay. The filter shattered, but the glass on the lens actually appears to be unscratched after careful inspection. The filter is bent on - well, it's easier to see the photos: http://www.sportsshooter.com/worrallandrew/lenscrash/
Has anyone sent something similar in to Canon? I'm wondering what the repair on this might cost. The lens still functions properly as far as I can tell.
(No, the lens hood was not on. Yes, I'm kicking myself in the face now.) Thanks! |
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David Croxford, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Honolulu | HI | USA | Posted: 4:17 AM on 01.06.10 |
->> Andrew ..
A couple of years back I was at the Taj Mahal for a day at the tail end of a Mission trip with a church group. The short version of my story is that I dropped a 24-70/2.8 from a waist fanny pack to the Sandstone pathway ('bout 3') it then rolled 2 ft and dropped another 7-8 ft on to more Sandstone where there was an dull thud, a little tickling sound and the lens stopped dead. No lens hood either, I'd removed mine for the trip due to space limits.
When I picked it up, the lens mount was bent in, enough that the lens mount wouldn't, the filter on the front was similar to the way yours looks with the glass shattered, the zoom ring functioned but there was binding at about the 28mm position. But, other than that it looked new! :-)
I'm CPS and back in 07 there were no fees attached to membership but when I sent it in, the guys in Irvine turned it around in three days - and a week later I was $200.00 (actually $194.08 incl. shipping to Hawaii) poorer with a lens that showed/shows no sign of the dreadful tumble I put it through.
Stupid on my part, I had just removed it from a MkII body to use a 17-35 for a killer wide shot that was disappearing fast, so I "rested" the lens on the fanny pack instead of putting it in.
I got the shot - in fact, I can almost tell you to the second when the lens hit the ground, 'cos just after the shutter clicked, the thud resounded upward! I still love the shot and thanks to the guys and gals at CPS Irvine, I still have a 24-70 that rates in my book as one of the sharpest lenses Canon makes.
Hope that helps. Good Luck & Aloha! |
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Mark Peters, Photographer
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Highland | IL | USA | Posted: 7:52 AM on 01.06.10 |
->> Is the only issue that you can't remove the bent filter ring?
If so, just get a pair of vice grips and remove it, first by trying to rotate it and if that doesn't work, by further bending it inwards until it releases. |
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