Hi,
The man with the Golden Eye wrote:
Chincoteague and Assategue, also on outer banks islands, with their claimed-to-be wild ponies,
white-tailed deer every bit as tame as the ones in Shenandoah. My memory
of this place is somewhat scarred by an accident. My FA* 400/5.6 slid
off the tripod mount and hit the paved road. It has developed a distinct
color fringing and a focus problem at close distances. I think the trunk
of the lens has been irrepairably bent.
Not necessarily too much of a problem. The part itself should be comparatively cheap - the labour to recreate an FA* lens may be what makes the decision.
What is it with you and smashing lenses whilst you are away from home, anyway? You should carry a real bottle-end piece of junk with you at all times; maybe that would catch the flak. 8-)
mike
