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New lens and butter fingers
Started by etphoto, Nov 06 2016 03:46 PM
#1
Posted 06 November 2016 - 03:46 PM
Ok, this is just a rant but. . .
I buy a brand new Tamron 24-70, beautiful lens. Very first wedding using it I drop it and it breaks. Send it into Tamron. They repair and two weddings' after that I drop it again. I use it for a couple of images and right 1/3 of image is badly out of focus.
Now I have to send it in again with 5 more weddings yet this year.
#$*@%%#!!!!! <----- that's me cussing
Rant over.
I buy a brand new Tamron 24-70, beautiful lens. Very first wedding using it I drop it and it breaks. Send it into Tamron. They repair and two weddings' after that I drop it again. I use it for a couple of images and right 1/3 of image is badly out of focus.
Now I have to send it in again with 5 more weddings yet this year.
#$*@%%#!!!!! <----- that's me cussing
Rant over.
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#2
Posted 06 November 2016 - 04:51 PM
#3
Posted 06 November 2016 - 05:22 PM
#4
Posted 06 November 2016 - 07:02 PM
Buy a less expensive spare!
Do you use this one wide-open a lot? F2.8 Zooms carry a big premium, also have a lot of big glass elements that can get knocked out of whack.
Can you get by with a 28~70/3.5~4.5 or something similar?
#6
Posted 07 November 2016 - 04:35 AM
Ouch!!!
I lent my Tamron 15-30mm f2.8 to someone who managed to chip the front element. So it's off being fixed.
I lent my Tamron 15-30mm f2.8 to someone who managed to chip the front element. So it's off being fixed.
#7
Posted 07 November 2016 - 06:39 AM
Ouch!!!
I lent my Tamron 15-30mm f2.8 to someone who managed to chip the front element. So it's off being fixed.
Just curious. Is your friend flipping the bill for that? If I broke someone else's great it would be a no brainer for me to be paying for it.
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#8
Posted 07 November 2016 - 09:49 AM
Just curious. Is your friend flipping the bill for that? If I broke someone else's great it would be a no brainer for me to be paying for it.
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Yes they are. I don't even want to know what it is costing to replace that front element!
#9
Posted 09 November 2016 - 11:52 AM
Yes they are. I don't even want to know what it is costing to replace that front element!
I have learned over the years (I drop a lot of gear) that repairing Tamron and Nikon the Tamron repairs are way less expensive. I have a Nikon 24-70 that needs service (surprisingly not from a drop) and I just can't pull the trigger in sending it in for repair because I know the cost will be surprising high.
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#10
Posted 20 November 2016 - 07:26 PM
If anyone is interested, I got the lens back and shot my first wedding (since I got it back from the 2nd repair) with it yesterday. It would appear its working. Its a pretty nice lens.
However, I was talking to the video guy and we were comparing lenses. I told him if I dropped it again I'll probably just write it off and get something else. 3rd repair would be just too much I believe.
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However, I was talking to the video guy and we were comparing lenses. I told him if I dropped it again I'll probably just write it off and get something else. 3rd repair would be just too much I believe.
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