Lens service recomendations

[Phil White]

I have a Nikon 17-55 f2.8G DX lens that is in good need of a service. Can anyone recommend me a reliable service centre and any idea of costs please.

Thanks.

 

[StewartR]

Nikon UK are pretty reliable. Impossible to estimate costs though, without even the vaguest idea of what's wrong with the lens.

 

[Mark twiglet]

Fixation have always been good to me

 

[Chipper]

If you are anywhere near Gloucester there is a place in Wootton under Edge.... His name escapes me at the moment. If you are near the I will look him up...

 

[greenhut11]

I posted in another thread that I have recently used 1staidrepairs.
I cant add links yet so you will have to google them,
I paid 96 gbp +pp for a repair.
Hope this helps

 

[Phil White]

Nikon UK are pretty reliable. Impossible to estimate costs though, without even the vaguest idea of what's wrong with the lens.

The focus and zoom ring feel stiff and rough to rotate and there is some dust inside the front element and the focus and zoom ring rubbers are coming away. the lens auto focuses no problem and the focus motor is not noisy.

 

[StewartR]

The focus and zoom ring feel stiff and rough to rotate... .

OK, that's quite common with Nikon zooms. I've seen that a lot, and if you can wait until I'm in the office next week I may be able to dig out some data to give you a feel for the cost.

... and there is some dust inside the front element...

Almost certainly not worth worrying about, but if they have to take the lens apart to lubricate the zoom and focus rings then they'll remove any internal dust as part of the service.

...and the focus and zoom ring rubbers are coming away.

You can buy these from Nikon spare parts and fit them yourself. They're not expensive. Or they'll do it as part of the service if you ask; the labour cost will be minimal.

... the lens auto focuses no problem and the focus motor is not noisy.

Good. That means it hopefully shouldn't be too expensive to repair. (Unless the zoom / focus problems were caused by impact damage, in which case the sky's the limit on costs.)

 

[Phil White]

Thanks everyone.