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OT canon lens repair

jdMyers
jdMyers Posts: 1,339
edited March 2021 in EggHead Forum
Shooting a anniversary event.  External battery pack got snagged on my waist bag and snatched entire camera off a bar height table, sling shot it across the room.  Canon says lens too fragile and beyond shelf life repair.  $1990 to replace it.  So under the knife we go.  Missed the cut ribbon cable when I put it back together.  However.  Lens shoots, meters, just no autofocus. Manual focus for now.  I suspect ribbon cable.  Thank you youtube.


Columbus, Ohio

Comments

  • Greetings-

    Anything you can do to save L glass is worth it, glad it has a second life. I am a little surprised that Canon wouldn't take a crack at it, I wonder how they compute "shelf life"?

    Happy shooting!
    Chris
    St. Louis, MO
    Unit 1: LBGE, cedar table Unit 2:Akorn
  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,818
    Impressive work right there.  Congrats on the recovery!
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Well, I'm impressed! I would have just had to start using my phone! 

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    Amazing effort buddy!
    Been pretty lucky over the years. Never a major issue with L glass.
    But have used Havel Camera out of San Antonio TX for person and office gear. Always good service.
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    I fixed a 70-200 F2.8 L Canon auto focus once.  Keeping everything clean was the difficulty.
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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,932
    impressive 

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