Hi! The hood might have dampened the shock. The that concerns me is that lately people have been reporting weird problems with the lens. I have a good price on it and was really impressed by it so naturally, I am planning to sell my Canon prime (50/1.8) and Sigma zoom (28-200) in order to buy 28-135 IS. I think it would be a good deal, but since I mainly shoot travel shots and shots of life in general (as they happen)...
> Well, I probably don't qualify as a "lens abuser", but I sure > don't "baby" my > lenses. I dropped my 28-136 IS once accidentally from a height of > about 50 cm. > The result was a jam in the manual focusing ring. Because I > thought the lens > was damaged anyway, I forced the manual focusing ring and luckily > this brought > everything back to normal. > > Makes me think about the advantages and disadvantages of Polycarbonat vs. > metal lenses. With a metal lens the focusing ring probably wouldn't jam > as easily. But IF it was jammed, forcing it would not solve the > problem ;-). > > The IS still works BTW. May have been luck - or it is not THAT sensitive > as one might think. Another thing to consider: I had the lens > hood attached > when I dropped the lens, so this may have dampened the shock somewhat. > Anyway, I have learned one thing from this accident: Don't throw > your camera > on the bed from too much height - or it might bounce and land on > the floor :-) > * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
