Knocked my Tamron off of a platform last night while shooting and it no longer zooms. I have been shooting for over fifty years and have never dropped anything before so I guess I was about due to have it happen. It was only about four feet and landed on carpet but it no longer zooms. The focus ring works fine. I will be contacting Tamron to send it in for repair.
So sorry for an unfortunate accident. You are lucky this is the first. My first was an entire camera. My first "real" camera was a Nikon FTN with the 50mm lens on it. I had it in my hand about to go down a sweeping staircase at Marble House in Rhode Island, when some person not paying attention hit me and the camera went flying down the entire staircase. That camera is made out of STEEL, because it didn't have a scratch on it and the lens was just fine. The lens hood took a hit and broke a small piece out of it. I was just dieing because I had worked so long to pay for it. I was lucky that day. The camera and lens worked just fine. I didn't even replace the lens hood because I wanted to remind myself of that day. Now I'm always attached, by a camera strap whenever I'm shooting.
Wow, that was unlucky, especially falling onto carpet, as a side note, I don't bounce as well as I used to either!
Flyerace wrote:
So sorry for an unfortunate accident. You are lucky this is the first. My first was an entire camera. My first "real" camera was a Nikon FTN with the 50mm lens on it. I had it in my hand about to go down a sweeping staircase at Marble House in Rhode Island, when some person not paying attention hit me and the camera went flying down the entire staircase. That camera is made out of STEEL, because it didn't have a scratch on it and the lens was just fine. The lens hood took a hit and broke a small piece out of it. I was just dieing because I had worked so long to pay for it. I was lucky that day. The camera and lens worked just fine. I didn't even replace the lens hood because I wanted to remind myself of that day. Now I'm always attached, by a camera strap whenever I'm shooting.
So sorry for an unfortunate accident. You are luck... (
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This is a current photo of the first camera I ever bought back in 1971. Nikon F with the FTN. meter. Fifty years later still works as good as when I bought it.
grandpaw wrote:
This is a current photo of the first camera I ever bought back in 1971. Nikon F with the FTN. meter. Fifty years later still works as good as when I bought it.
Looks like an old friend. Yours is much cleaner than mine but mine also still works and I had the same exposure button accessory. I still use that fast '50.
grandpaw wrote:
Knocked my Tamron off of a platform last night while shooting and it no longer zooms. I have been shooting for over fifty years and have never dropped anything before so I guess I was about due to have it happen. It was only about four feet and landed on carpet but it no longer zooms. The focus ring works fine. I will be contacting Tamron to send it in for repair.
Oh boy I'm sorry that happened.
FYI - 50 years is a good run!
My wife dropped a 24-105 and it landed in a way so it won’t attach to ghe camera body. Instead of sending it in to repair it we replaced the lens. With the damaged one we bought a reversing ring and use it for macro. It’s cool.
jim quist wrote:
My wife dropped a 24-105 and it landed in a way so it won’t attach to ghe camera body. Instead of sending it in to repair it we replaced the lens. With the damaged one we bought a reversing ring and use it for macro. It’s cool.
Great idea, nice way to re-purpose it!
grandpaw wrote:
Knocked my Tamron off of a platform last night while shooting and it no longer zooms. I have been shooting for over fifty years and have never dropped anything before so I guess I was about due to have it happen. It was only about four feet and landed on carpet but it no longer zooms. The focus ring works fine. I will be contacting Tamron to send it in for repair.
Generally, low mass is its own reward.
Having something fall like that could be a sign that it’s time to upgrade. When my D7500 crashed onto the concrete floor of a parking garage, I knew that a D500 was the next step, and it changed my life (for the better).
grandpaw wrote:
Knocked my Tamron off of a platform last night while shooting and it no longer zooms. I have been shooting for over fifty years and have never dropped anything before so I guess I was about due to have it happen. It was only about four feet and landed on carpet but it no longer zooms. The focus ring works fine. I will be contacting Tamron to send it in for repair.
Hopeful for a easy repair process however I would be more interested in knowing how it preformed before your bounce test, as the Tamron 24-70mm F2.8 may be my next purchase.
Robertl594
Loc: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Nantucket
I feel for you. I was once shooting a swim meet. I was by the edge of the pool, I heard a thud, then a splash. As I turned around, I saw my Nikon 300mm 2.8 AFS sinking below the water line. The entire crowd went dead silent. Terrible feeling. On a positive note, my insurance company sent me a check the next day and I had a new one within a few days. Still sucked. The cost to have Nikon fix the lens was about $5,800. The new lens was $5,500. I wanted to buy the damaged one from the insurance company but they refused. When I asked them what they were going to do with it, they said were going to repair it and sell it. I’m not very good with math, but I think I get this one.
Similarly, I have a 1971 vintage F and, yup, it still works well. It looks a bit used, but it's been around in the 50 years we've been together.
--Bob
grandpaw wrote:
This is a current photo of the first camera I ever bought back in 1971. Nikon F with the FTN. meter. Fifty years later still works as good as when I bought it.
cedymock wrote:
Hopeful for a easy repair process however I would be more interested in knowing how it preformed before your bounce test, as the Tamron 24-70mm F2.8 may be my next purchase.
It did an excellent job and I was very happy with it. It worked well on my D600,D810, and on my Z6ii with the FTZadapter. Very happy with and intend to get it fixed so I can use it again.
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