Gauzak wrote:
>Hello list,
>
> After 10 months of use, my beloved lens (28-135 USM IS) has died. One > week
ago, when I brought it out of my backpack, I saw the zoom didn�t
> come down 70mm, I can only move the zoom between 70 and 135mm.
> In brought it to the shop and they said that it looked like the zoom was >
broken after a fall or similar. Like I said, the zoom was inside a
> backpack, and there were not any marks of it outside the lens.
> They sent the lens to repair, and I expect the warranty cover he damage, >
but am not sure.
> The question is: Anybody has had any problem like this with this lens?
> Do you think is a veri fragile lens?
I just experienced a similar problem where my 28-135 IS started working
erratically. This all happened after dropping the lens twice from waist
height directly onto either a rock out in the desert (which meant that the
lens then rolled onto sand) or concrete. Beside the erratic IS problem, the
lens kept working fine. To me that's not exactly a fragile lens... I mean
these are precision optics for cring out loud, not MILSPEC weapons...(For
those outside the USA, MILSPEC stands for MILitary SPECification and is meant
to imply that the item is rugged enough for use by the military under harsh
conditions such as combat)...
BTW, I sent the lens to Canon in Irvine, California and it just came back.
Since the lens had a couple of pretty decent sized scuff marks and a cracked
zooming ring, I though that Canon would not repair the lens under warranty due
to abuse. However, Canon replaced the zooming ring, fixed the IS, realigned
and cleaned all of the optics (I had some internal dust that is now gone), and
did it all for nothing... they even cleaned the B+W UV filter on the lens!
Needless to say, I was happy with the service and the lens looks and works
great.
> Thanks for the responses, and excuse my poor english.
You're welcome and don't worry, your english is better than that of a lot of
"native speakers".
Carlo Terlizzi
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