Damaged Lens...sigh
Oct 5, 2017 22:23:41 #
Tonight, in a quest to shoot the Harvest Moon, I tripped and my 6 month old Nikkor 200-500mm 5.6 landed on concrete on its lens hood. The lens hood broke in half and when that happened the hood must have slammed in to the body of the lens hard enough to put a few cracks around the housing of the lens behind the glass which I had a UV filter on. I am not sure of what can and cannot be fixed when this happens as I’ve NEVER had an incident like this before. I did end up trying the lens after the accident and it seemed to work fine but will need to look close at the resulting images to make sure. Any advice how to proceed? Or just buy a new one? Anyone in the market for a lens for parts? Sigh...
Oct 5, 2017 22:31:25 #
Laura72568 wrote:
Tonight, in a quest to shoot the Harvest Moon, I t... (show quote)
Contact Nikon and arrange a service ticket.
Oct 5, 2017 22:41:45 #
Ohhhh noo. Sorry to hear that. Just bought one if those and should have it tomorrow. Was wanting to try it out on the moon maybe good it didnt get hear yet. Hooe you come out ok on this
Oct 5, 2017 23:28:10 #
mas24
Loc: Southern CA
Laura72568 wrote:
Tonight, in a quest to shoot the Harvest Moon, I t... (show quote)
Accidents do happen. I tripped on a street curb last week and had to break my fall with my hands. Otherwise I may have broken my nose or cracked some teeth. A Nikon 200-500mm lens is a great wildlife lens. If it works fine, no need to send it in to Nikon and spend perhaps $300+. If it is dinged up with scratchings and scrapes, the resale value won't be as it should be. Sorry about your lens. Give the lens a thorough checking. Then decide what to do.
Oct 6, 2017 01:48:51 #
I'm so afraid of tripping here in Boston with their uneven sidewalks. I do a LOT of walking in Boston; I don't use a car. I tend to trip and land on my face about twice a year, it seems. Sometimes I march, to pick up my feet. Especially when I am tired. And with a camera around my neck, I must be careful, or the camera could be destroyed. I have also fallen down due to slipping on ice as well. Even though it is the LAW for property owners to shovel their sidewalks after snow storms, a few do not. So I know what you are going thru.
Oct 6, 2017 03:47:50 #
Oct 6, 2017 07:02:09 #
Lowrider
Loc: Kennesaw, GA
I did the same thing hiking through the woods. Lens hood protected the lens but I got a dent in the barrel. I sent it back to Canon and it was fixed in a week. Cost me over $400 bucks though. Almost half what I paid for the lens. But I am glad I did it. I think I now have a new lens.
Oct 6, 2017 07:18:54 #
Oct 6, 2017 07:31:40 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Laura72568 wrote:
Tonight, in a quest to shoot the Harvest Moon, I t... (show quote)
Before making a final decision contact Nikon at Nikonusa.com and ask what might be the cost of a repair. They usually will ask you to send it in for an estimate. If you do need to replace it I would suggest, if it works OK, selling it on ebay AS IS BUT WORKS, you never know, you might get North of $500.00 for it. Who knows.
Oct 6, 2017 07:32:33 #
Oct 6, 2017 07:43:23 #
Laura72568 wrote:
I did end up trying the lens after the accident and it seemed to work fine but will need to look close at the resulting images to make sure. Any advice how to proceed? Or just buy a new one? Anyone in the market for a lens for parts? Sigh...
Try it and see how it works. Repair will be expensive, but if it doesn't work right, you really have little choice,
Oct 6, 2017 07:44:26 #
Oct 6, 2017 07:48:17 #
Laura72568 wrote:
Tonight, in a quest to shoot the Harvest Moon, I t... (show quote)
Sorry to hear, but stuff does happen.
If you have insurance it can help with the cost of repair. Otherwise you are at Nikon's mercy for the full bill.
Last year I dropped a Nikon 24mm F3.5 PC-E lens. I accidentally grabbed the lens release button as opposed to the button used to rotate the tilt/shift feature. It crashed to the ground, hitting a few rocks before it came to as stop. The filter thread ring was bent and the tilt/shift was less than smooth. A trip to Nikon and $400 later, it was better than new. A replacement would have cost $2200. It was well worth the cost of repair.
Send it in and get an estimate. Or take it to an authorized repair facility.
Oct 6, 2017 08:09:10 #
DavidPine
Loc: Fredericksburg, TX
I dropped 3 lenses (pretty bad damage) this past year and I had them satisfactorily repaired at Nikon. It ran me about $500 for each incident. (14-24 -twice and a 24-70)
Oct 6, 2017 08:10:14 #
Hope you carry insurance on your gear...
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