----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Lin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 1:18 AM Subject: RE: EOS Expensive Heritage Day out!
> > I took the lens in to Sigma UK last Thursday, and have just had a repair > > estimate from them for 75 GBP. > I should have also asked previously if Sigma can identify which part(s) > failed, maybe it was just a loose connector or something simple..... > Just curious. > Ken Nothing as simple as a loose connector, from the way it felt! The zoom ring would only rotate less than half-way from 17 to about 24, and manual focus was also unusable, as was the HSM. I still can't get over the minute marks to the stainless steel lens mount - even knowing what had happened, I found it difficult to see the damage. Sigma's repair quote lists: repair zoom, repair focus mech., reset, check & test. I'll let you know how it is when I get it back. Just hope they have the necessary parts in the UK. (As a side issue but obviously related to my incident, has anyone else felt that non-Canon lenses are just that little bit less secure when being mounted / de-mounted from camera bodies?) Malcolm Milton Keynes, UK www.megalith.freeserve.co.uk/oddimage.htm * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
