One alternative I've found effective is the plastic rain sleeve.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/469774-REG/OP_TECH_USA_9001132_18_Rainsleeve_Set_of.html They're quite cheap, where "cheap" equates with low cost rather than poor quality. Sorry to hear about your lens, but you're not the only one on the list who has done that stupid thing. I dropped my Tokina 28-70 f/2.8 zoom through exactly the same kind of carelessness back in 2004. I was fortunate Tokina was willing & able to repair it almost good as new & I got another 10 years use out of it. On 3/3/2016 2:25 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
There is something about thinking about the shot that makes me not realize just how stupid I'm being. I put the macro lens on my camera, and the 16-50 in my pocket because my camera bag was in the car, and the macro was in the house and I was just about to head off to the photo club meeting. Half a dozen shots in, the 16-50 fell out of my pocket onto the concrete walkway. The glass seems fine, but something in the focus mechanism is broken, it will not focus in either manual or automatic mode. I'll be sending it back to precision tomorrow. Unfortunately, that's my only WR lens, and rain is coming. So in the department of it doesn't hurt to ask, is anybody selling, or thinking of selling a WR lens, preferably inexpensively? Perhaps an 18-55 WR that you haven't used since you got a 16-50? FWIW KEH ahs one with the hood for $84.
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