I'm not really sure why it happened. I haven't taken it apart to see the actual cause of failure. My initial thought was because I was using it on a beach on a damp day a couple of days earlier, but I'm don't know if that was the cause or not. It was quite a suprise to me as this lens is built like a tank - it was the last one I expected to fail.
The failure mode was that the zoom ring has effectively broken from inside. That is to say that the zoom ring will freely spin around the body of the lens. I was able to use it to for a while manually performing the zoom by stretching the lens, but the focus seems to have locked up on something. You can hear something rattling around inside (loose screw?). I do remember someone sent out a link showing a dissassembled F70-210. If I can find it, I may end up taking it apart to see if I can do something with it. dk On 8/22/05, Powell Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave I'm curious how or why your SMC-F70-210 demised? > > Powell > > > > I'm > >suddenly in the market for something after the untimely demise of my > >SMC-F70-210 while on holidays in Newfoundland. Definitely not the > >highlight of my trip. > >
