Any idea how much this cost to fix ?

I had the same section changed on my 16-35mm 2.8 - and that cost under £200 at Canon in Elstree....
 
Ask canon... these kind of things can be cheap or expensive depending on the compartment that needs to be replaced... Good luck! :)
 
Does it affect the images? Can you still screw on a UV filter and then use a lens cap?
 
drounding said:
Does it affect the images? Can you still screw on a UV filter and then use a lens cap?
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good point... i once had this problem on a lens... I ended up buying a cheap filter, knocking out the glass and just using the metal ring for lens capping purposes! :) you could use a step-up ring too i guess!
 
Called Canon and they were no help. Wouldn't even give me a ballpark estimate. Whether or not it affects the image quality is not really relevant to my question but thanks for the input.


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Try mwcamerarepairs.co.uk I've had canon lens repaired and 5D2 serviced in the past with miles, so likely he might give you a guide price on it's repair ?
 
Contact a local repairer - no point in anyone suggesting a UK repairer or cost. At a guess, Canon US would want to see the lens and check it before they gave a repair estimate/quote, although I would have thought they would give a ballpark figure based on what you (Shayne) want them to do.
 
I suspect the reason that Canon won't quote without seeing the lens is that this could vary massively depending on the damage you have done to the lens.

You can see the physical damage to the barrel and locking mechanism but Canon will assume that there has been some impact to cause it. That impact could have resulted in a simple break of part of the barrel, or it could have damaged the motor, the focus rings, and the alignment of the lens elements. You might also have damaged the mount in the lens was attached to a camera body at the time it occurred.

So on that basis they would rather see it an give you an accurate quote than guess and maybe have to come back to you with something several orders of magnitude higher.
 
meonshore said:
I suspect the reason that Canon won't quote without seeing the lens is that this could vary massively depending on the damage you have done to the lens.

You can see the physical damage to the barrel and locking mechanism but Canon will assume that there has been some impact to cause it. That impact could have resulted in a simple break of part of the barrel, or it could have damaged the motor, the focus rings, and the alignment of the lens elements. You might also have damaged the mount in the lens was attached to a camera body at the time it occurred.

So on that basis they would rather see it an give you an accurate quote than guess and maybe have to come back to you with something several orders of magnitude higher.
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I agree with you 100% but I was clear that I just wanted to know what that part would cost to replace. I did not want to hold them to anything even the parts replacement cost but wanted to get a ballpark idea of what I was dealing with. I found this lens for sell and it's pretty cheap 900 u.s vs around 1300 u.s for one in good shape. I ask the seller if he would meet me at the shop so I could have it tested and he said he would. I'm thinking that if he knew there was a problem with the lens then he would not agree to that. I will call the shop tomorrow and tell them what I am doing to see if they will look at it but I'm a little worried they will not agree to it because of liabilities. I hate to be dishonest but I was thinking about not telling the shop the situation and just paying them to check it out to make sure everything is okay. I am a bit torn on that one.
 
I'm assumiing the 'shop' is a camera repair shop ? I'm not sure how you'd be dishonest if you handed the lens to a shop and paid them to check it. You're paying them to check it, does it make any difference to them if you're buying it at a lower cost from a 3rd party due to the damage?

Personally I'd be concerned about the potential for other issues to appear in the future as a result of whatever impact caused the obvious damage. After the cost of the repair, which I'm guessing will be at least 50% of your $400 saving, the risk wouldn't be worth it for me.
 
stu.artd said:
I'm assumiing the 'shop' is a camera repair shop ? I'm not sure how you'd be dishonest if you handed the lens to a shop and paid them to check it. You're paying them to check it, does it make any difference to them if you're buying it at a lower cost from a 3rd party due to the damage?

Personally I'd be concerned about the potential for other issues to appear in the future as a result of whatever impact caused the obvious damage. After the cost of the repair, which I'm guessing will be at least 50% of your $400 saving, the risk wouldn't be worth it for me.
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I was thinking I would not spend any money to fix it if it was that expensive. From what the seller told me it's only cosmetic and the hood and the lens cap still fit on without a problem. He said there is nothing wrong with it other then the broke plastic. There is no real way to know but the plastic probably took most of the impact sense it broke. I guess anything is possible but I don't think it's highly probable that there will be damage after the fact but only time will tell. Oh and it's more like a 600 u.s savings because most are around 1500. I only found one that was 1300.
 
umm isnt that near the price of the new sigma 50mm that wipes the floor of the canon offering ?
 
shaylou said:
I was thinking I would not spend any money to fix it if it was that expensive. From what the seller told me it's only cosmetic and the hood and the lens cap still fit on without a problem. He said there is nothing wrong with it other then the broke plastic. There is no real way to know but the plastic probably took most of the impact sense it broke. I guess anything is possible but I don't think it's highly probable that there will be damage after the fact but only time will tell. Oh and it's more like a 600 u.s savings because most are around 1500. I only found one that was 1300.
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Based on what you told me I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. If you found one new one for $1300 then you have one you can buy for only $400 more. That repair is likely to cost you $250-400 because the labour is often the killer - assuming it isn't more serious - and I'd not risk impact damage because of the long term chance of the motor failing or mis-alignment.

I'd walk on that one and keep an eye out for a better used version or spring for a new one, or indeed the Sigma !
 
[ quote="shaylou, post: 6303637, member: 50490"]No I think you must be confusing it with something else because the sigma 1.4 isn't even in the same class as the 1.2 Canon 50mm.[/quote]

Since when??
 
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