Thanks to all for your advice on how to get the Tamron off my D-7000. Cameta got the camera and lens and they were able to get them separated and then sent the lens to Tamron. Now for the fun part:

Tamron gave me an estimate of $180 to repair the lens (remember, the lens is still under warranty). Said the tab was bent and this was a sign of abuse. Spoke with Cameta and they said to call Tamron however Tamron wanted to speak only to Cameta (it gets better).

So, I made a conf call with all 3 of us. The Tamron rep said her tech felt this was due to some sort of abuse to the camera, however when she mentioned the bent tab, Chris from Cameta said it most likely got bent when it would not disengage. Next we found ourselves on hold as Ms. Tamron wanted to speak to her supervisor. After a few minutes, she got back on the call and told me that as a "courtesy", they would fix the lens at no charge. IMHO opinion, however, I think that having Cameta as my wing man for the call was certainly a deciding factor in Tamron's decision.

Waiting to get my repaired lens back and without having to pay $180. Tamron will send it to Cameta who will then test and send everything back to me. BIG thanks to Chris and the folks at Cameta for their help in resolving this. As I said previously, building a relationship with a reliable store store like Cameta is perhaps the best thing you can do as not only do you get excellent sales & service, but they back up their products and they do work with you to get problems like this resolved.

Thanks to all for your advice on how to get the Tamron off my D-7000. Cameta got the camera and lens and they were able to get them separated and then sent the lens to Tamron. Now for the fun part:

Tamron gave me an estimate of $180 to repair the lens (remember, the lens is still under warranty). Said the tab was bent and this was a sign of abuse. Spoke with Cameta and they said to call Tamron however Tamron wanted to speak only to Cameta (it gets better).

So, I made a conf call with all 3 of us. The Tamron rep said her tech felt this was due to some sort of abuse to the camera, however when she mentioned the bent tab, Chris from Cameta said it most likely got bent when it would not disengage. Next we found ourselves on hold as Ms. Tamron wanted to speak to her supervisor. After a few minutes, she got back on the call and told me that as a "courtesy", they would fix the lens at no charge. IMHO opinion, however, I think that having Cameta as my wing man for the call was certainly a deciding factor in Tamron's decision.

Waiting to get my repaired lens back and without having to pay $180. Tamron will send it to Cameta who will then test and send everything back to me. BIG thanks to Chris and the folks at Cameta for their help in resolving this. As I said previously, building a relationship with a reliable store store like Cameta is perhaps the best thing you can do as not only do you get excellent sales & service, but they back up their products and they do work with you to get problems like this resolved.

Thanks to all for your advice on how to get the Tamron off my D-7000. Cameta got the camera and lens and they were able to get them separated and then sent the lens to Tamron. Now for the fun part:

Tamron gave me an estimate of $180 to repair the lens (remember, the lens is still under warranty). Said the tab was bent and this was a sign of abuse. Spoke with Cameta and they said to call Tamron however Tamron wanted to speak only to Cameta (it gets better).

So, I made a conf call with all 3 of us. The Tamron rep said her tech felt this was due to some sort of abuse to the camera, however when she mentioned the bent tab, Chris from Cameta said it most likely got bent when it would not disengage. Next we found ourselves on hold as Ms. Tamron wanted to speak to her supervisor. After a few minutes, she got back on the call and told me that as a "courtesy", they would fix the lens at no charge. IMHO opinion, however, I think that having Cameta as my wing man for the call was certainly a deciding factor in Tamron's decision.

Waiting to get my repaired lens back and without having to pay $180. Tamron will send it to Cameta who will then test and send everything back to me. BIG thanks to Chris and the folks at Cameta for their help in resolving this. As I said previously, building a relationship with a reliable store store like Cameta is perhaps the best thing you can do as not only do you get excellent sales & service, but they back up their products and they do work with you to get problems like this resolved.